Problem with filter and regex

[Charles E Buchwald]

So... ^yourregexpattern\t
^ is the start of line marker
\t is the (usual) regex for a tab character
- Charles

On 10 Jul 2014, at 9:05 AM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel <skip at magicgate.com> wrote:

> I am reading the data from a datagrid into a variable before applying the
> filter so it would be a TAB delimiter.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 9:52 AM, John Craig <john at splash21.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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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