Damn Derek, Also outed, I may have just made it to primary school when Stephen Kleene was working the foundations of regex.
On Fri, 2020-10-02 at 23:02 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote: > You must be in your 60s or 70s (or older) if you think you were around > before the term regex was created. > The term regex (REGular EXpression) has been around at least since the 80s > if not earlier. It is a way to search for, well, a regular expression. > There are several resources for regex examples, and regex has been > standardized for many decades. > Happy hacking. > > -derek > Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos. > On October 2, 2020 10:50:45 PM David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Geoff, > > > > Thank you for the very nice description of how to implement the mechanics > > of an iterative search. Now all we need is an easy to understand > > description of how each of the search criteria work, including (especially, > > with examples) exactly what regex means to those of us that went to school > > before that term existed, how to know exactly which split lines are > > searched and which split lines just come along for the ride into the > > results, and perhaps why the search dialog disappears, which was the > > original problem that started this thread. > > > > I can't seem to make the help for that dialog appear from the help button > > in that dialog. I finally found the actual help in the F1 Help manual > > under Tools and Assistants > Find which completely glosses over the > > subjects in the previous paragraph. > > > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 7:49 PM Geoff <cleanoutmys...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Regardless of whether the search box disappears or not, GnuCash's > > > "search within search results" feature is still pretty nifty. > > > > > > I've attached a screenshot showing four consecutive searches illustrating: > > > New search (the other options are always disabled on the initial search) > > > Add results to current search > > > Refine current search > > > Delete results from current search > > > > > > First search is to locate transactions with value less than 200. > > > Second search is to add in transactions with value more than 800. > > > Third search is to restrict to description containing "gnucash". > > > Fourth search is to remove transactions posted on 26th September. > > > > > > (Harking back to our school days, I think we can say that GnuCash search > > > provides the Set Theory equivalents of Union, Intersection, and > > > Complement > > > https://www.britannica.com/science/set-theory/Operations-on-sets. But I > > > digress.) > > > > > > The trick is to invoke the second and subsequent searches from the > > > "Search Results" tab and not the Chart of Accounts. > > > > > > This is, of course, a simple example. Any given search operation also > > > lets you specify multiple criteria ("Add" button), and whether "all > > > criteria" must be met or just "any criteria" ie AND or OR logic. > > > > > > James, I hope this tip improves your search results. > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Geoff > > > ===== > > > Version: 4.1 > > > Build ID: 4.1+(2020-07-25) > > > Finance::Quote: 1.49 > > > Windows 10 > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 26 Sep 2020 13:47:10 -0500 (CDT), Jamestk wrote: > > > Hello good folks, > > > > > > I wanted to check if there was a simpler way when using the 'find > > > transaction'feature repeatedly. > > > > > > When searching for transactions it normally involves a batch of invoices > > > or > > > receipts which are not showing withing reports, most often this is due to > > > me > > > selecting incorrect accounts or similar, easy way is to use find feature - > > > > > > Searches are basic, Select find from edit menu then opt for 'value' > > > setting > > > leaving all other criteria std, often this works but if it returns nil > > > results you have to start over, is there anyway of saving the search or to > > > edit and re-run the original without having to start from scratch? > > > > > > 8.1 help file is okay but a bit technical in parts. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. > > > > > > > -- > > David Carlson > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. -- Dr David R Cousens B.Sc, M.Prof. Acc., Ph.D., G.C.Ed _______________________________________________ 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. 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