Oops. The regex filter is a late addition from 2017. Unfortunately regex negate string match (I.e. match not containing a string) is a general weakness of POSIX regex.
May I suggest file an enhancement request in Bugzilla? On Sat, 9 Nov 2019, 23:38 Christopher Lam, <christopher....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Fran > > You've stumbled upon a limitation SFX of regular expressions on filtering > the transaction report. > > You may be aware that the transaction report was, for many years, the most > versatile report to extract information from a Gnucash data file. It had > severe limitations and bugs and > > On Sat, 9 Nov 2019, 22:55 Fran_3 via gnucash-user, < > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > >> I want to compare Transaction Report A to Transaction Report B >> and find transactions that appear on one report but not on the other... >> aka orphan transactions >> In past I have either... >> - Done a screen capture of each, pasted them side by side in PC Paint and >> marked off matching transactions one by one... >> - Or printed them out and done the same with pen & paper >> - Or exported the reports and then imported them into a spreadsheet and >> marked matching transactions one by one >> All of this is a bunch of work... >> >> Is there an easier way? >> Thanks for any help - Fran3 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
