Weirdness with filter (maybe?)

[Bob Sneidar]

Filter, unlike matchtext, in the form you are using, is not using regex. There is a form of filter however that does. If you need help with a regex expression, I use a neat little tool called RegexMagic. 30 day demo and not too expensive if you use regex expressions on a regular basis. (See what I did there?) 

Bob S


> On Apr 20, 2017, at 03:20 , Alan via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Try
> 
> filter lines of MyList with ("*" & CharStringX & "*" & tab & "*")
> 
> to get all lines where CharStringX is contained in the first part of the string before the tab.
> 
> 
>> filter lines of MyList with ("*" & CharStringX & "*" & tab)
> 
> HTH
> 
> cheers
> 
> Alan
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