Odd Filter Command Behavior

[Peter M. Brigham, MD]

Maybe you should be filtering with "*checkbox" & tab & "√*" ? Without the asterisk after the checkmark wouldn't it just find checkmarks at the end of lines? And do you need the asterisk after "checkbox" ?

-- Peter

Peter M. Brigham
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On Feb 7, 2012, at 6:34 PM, Bob Sneidar 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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