Odd Filter Command Behavior

[Mike Bonner]

Hmm. The pasted text example (the 2 liner) doesn't have checkbox* tab  √
it has spaces. Is it possible this is due to copy and paste?

I thought at first there might be spaces AND a tab in which case
"*checkbox*" & tab & "*√*" should cover it but no such luck.  Is it
possible you have inconsistent data, or was it just a copy/paste weirdness?

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Bob Sneidar <bobs at twft.com> wrote:

> This has to be something I am missing because I am blind to it. I have a
> variable set to "*checkbox*" & tab & "√". When I filter the following text
> with that filter I get just the line which matchs.
>
> [1] ["roomid"]  16,[1] ["siteid"]       4,[1] ["uniqueid"]      18,[1]
> ["status"]       Available,[1] ["building"]      Logos,[1] ["roomnumber"]
>      671,[1] ["roomname"]    Logos-IT Tech Room,[1] ["capacity"]     5,[1]
> ["checkbox"]      √


>
> HOWEVER, if I filter the following text with the same filter I get empty!
>
> [1] ["clientnotes"]     ,[1] ["firstname"]      Robert,[1] ["lastname"]
>       Sneidar,[1] ["cpristate"]       CA,[1] ["caltstate"]    CA,[1]
> ["caltcity"]     Santa Ana,[1] ["cphone1"]       (714) 979-4422,[1]
> ["cphone2"]        (714) 401-2407,[1] ["cprizip"]        92704,[1]
> ["cpriaddr1"]         3000 W. MacArthur Blvd,[1] ["cpriaddr2"]        ,[1]
> ["clientid"]       1,[1] ["uniqueid"]      1,[1] ["cpriaddr3"]     ,[1]
> ["clientbalance"]  13100,[1] ["isaguest"]  0,[1] ["caltzip"]
> 92704,[1] ["checkbox"]  ,[1] ["cpricity"]       Santa Ana,[1] ["caltaddr1"]
>     3232 W. MacArthur Blvd,[1] ["clientname"]       Sly Laboratories,[1]
> ["clientext"]      3691,[1] ["caltaddr2"]  ,[1] ["caltaddr3"]      ,[1]
> ["isacompany"]     1,[1] ["clientfax"]
> [2] ["clientnotes"]     ,[2] ["firstname"]      Muffin,[2] ["lastname"]
>       Man,[2] ["cpristate"]   NA,[2] ["caltstate"]    ,[2] ["caltcity"]
>   ,[2] ["cphone1"]        (800) 212-1212,[2] ["cphone2"]        ,[2]
> ["cprizip"]        00123,[2] ["cpriaddr1"]         123 Drury Lane,[2]
> ["cpriaddr2"]        ,[2] ["clientid"]       2,[2] ["uniqueid"]      2,[2]
> ["cpriaddr3"]     ,[2] ["clientbalance"]  1200,[2] ["isaguest"]   0,[2]
> ["caltzip"]       ,[2] ["checkbox"]       √,[2] ["cpricity"]      Far Far
> Away,[2] ["caltaddr1"]  ,[2] ["clientname"]     Muffin Man Bakery,[2]
> ["clientext"]     ,[2] ["caltaddr2"]      ,[2] ["caltaddr3"]      ,[2]
> ["isacompany"]     1,[2] ["clientfax"]
>
> Both chunks contain lines with "*checkbox*" & tab & "√" as you can see!
> But one filters correctly and the other returns empty! Now the plot
> sickens! If I change the filter to "*√*" then I get the correct results. If
> I change the filter to "*checkbox*" I also get the correct results.
>
> It is looking for all the world that having a tab in the filter can hose
> it, but only SOMETIMES. Apparently it works if there are no other tabs
> after the one filter finds??!?! Can anyone else verify this? Just save the
> two chunks above to properties in a stack. Then make a button that puts the
> chunks into two variables, and filter the variables using my examples
> above. See what you get.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
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