filter

[Mark Wieder]

On 11/19/20 9:09 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 
>> Am 19.11.2020 um 18:07 schrieb Mark Wieder via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>> On 11/19/20 7:38 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote:
>>> I think:
>>>    filter fld 1 with "[[]*"
>>> Should do the trick...
>> As an alternative,
>> filter fld 1 with regex pattern "^\[+"
>> also does the trick.
> 
> thanks, but REGEX is still a TAD over my head. ;-)

Not really... this is at least as simple as what you just coded:

^ = start at beginning of line
\[ = a literal "[" character ("\" escapes whatever comes next)
+ = at least one of those characters

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  Mark Wieder
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