Hi Mark, > Am 19.11.2020 um 16:38 schrieb Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > >> So I thought >> ... >> filter fld 1 with "[*" >> ... >> would do the job, but that EMPTIES the field!? >> Obviously this [ interferes with some REGEX mechanism of filter? >> So what should I use now? > I think: > filter fld 1 with "[[]*" > Should do the trick... > Basically, you can use '[...]' to 'escape' the operators in the wildcard > pattern (i.e. *, [ and ?).
ah, get it! So I added this accordingly: ... filter fld 1 with "[[]*[]]" ... to be on the safe side and it works like a charme! > Hope this helps, Yes, it does, thank you very much! > Mark. > > P.S. Wildcard patterns are a lot simpler than general regexes, but 'filter' > can do both "filter ... with regex pattern ..." interprets the pattern the > same as matchText/replaceText. > > -- > Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ > LiveCode: Everyone can create apps Best Klaus -- Klaus Major https://www.major-k.de kl...@major-k.de _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
