Filter with wildcards

[Mark Waddingham]

The filter command has had a ‘with[out] regex’ form for a long time - so I’d use a regex instead :)

(I’m pretty sure [ ] is a set of characters to match, rather than a list of sub strings, in wildcard expressions)

Warmest Regards,

Mark.

Sent from my iPhone

> On 30 Oct 2023, at 17:19, David Glasgow via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> I am doing the above and struggling with an oddity that I can’t find guidance on on Livecode or wider wildcard stuff
> 
> A simple example is I am searching text messages for 'with you' or 'with u’
> 
> so I use the wildcard form
> 
> *with [you,u]*
> 
> That finds all examples of both just fine.  However, it also finds ‘with unlimited cheese’ and 'with us’, ‘with yours’ etc.  so I want a space after both u
> 
> When I put two spaces inside the square brackets after each string, the search still works but spaces seem to be ignored (so still finds the above resamples I don’t want).
> 
> If I put a single space after the brackets the first bracketed string is ignored and the filter only finds “with u “
> 
> Hope someone can help me stop pulling my baffled face
> 
> Cheers
> 
> David Glasgow
> 
> 
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