Problem with filter and regex

[John Craig]

Which item delimiter are you using?  For example, if it's a TAB, maybe 
you can specify a pattern ending with a tab, but disallowing any further 
tabs..


On 10/07/2014 14:42, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel wrote:
> I think I have found the cause of the issue, now I need to figure out how
> to solve it.
>
> The regex pattern I am looking for appears in other lines because there is
> a description field that lists "related parts."  The one consistency I have
> is that the pattern I am comparing to should be looking only at column 1 of
> tdg2Text
>
> I know this is not accurate but is there a way to say something like this:
> filter lines of ITEM1 of tdg2Text with regex pattern tRegexp into tTemp
>
> Trying to limit the filter based on the first item in that line VS the
> entire line.
>
> Ideas?
>
> Thank you,
> SKIP
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Bernard Devlin <bdrunrev at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I haven't use the filter by regex pattern, but perhaps try putting the "End
>> of Line" marker ($) at the end of your regex.  You may need the "Start of
>> Line" marker too.
>>
>> ^.*cat.*mat$
>>
>> ^ is the Start of Line marker.
>>
>> Bernard
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 4:28 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel <
>> skip at magicgate.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello LC'ers
>>>
>>> I am comparing two lists using the following:
>>>         filter lines of tdg2Text with regex pattern tRegexp into tTemp
>>>
>>> The problem I have is that this is pulling up multiple lines in tdg2Text
>>> when if fact I need to filter out a specific line.  tRegExp should MATCH
>>> (exactly) item 1 of tdg2Text.
>>>
>>> Make sense?
>>>
>>> SKIP
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