OK, then how about this: ^[a-z]\d+ That translates as... start of line, plus 1 alphabetic character, plus one or more digits. - Charles
On 10 Jul 2014, at 10:06 AM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel <s...@magicgate.com> wrote: > I additionally noticed that if my search term is b108 it also pulls over > b108-option1, b108-option2, etc. > > I need it to only filter b108 and not those other items. > > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel < > s...@magicgate.com> wrote: > >> I am reading the data from a datagrid into a variable before applying the >> filter so it would be a TAB delimiter. >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 9:52 AM, John Craig <j...@splash21.com> wrote: >> >>> Which item delimiter are you using? For example, if it's a TAB, maybe >>> you can specify a pattern ending with a tab, but disallowing any further >>> tabs.. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 10/07/2014 14:42, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel wrote: >>> >>>> I think I have found the cause of the issue, now I need to figure out how >>>> to solve it. >>>> >>>> The regex pattern I am looking for appears in other lines because there >>>> is >>>> a description field that lists "related parts." The one consistency I >>>> have >>>> is that the pattern I am comparing to should be looking only at column 1 >>>> of >>>> tdg2Text >>>> >>>> I know this is not accurate but is there a way to say something like >>>> this: >>>> filter lines of ITEM1 of tdg2Text with regex pattern tRegexp into tTemp >>>> >>>> Trying to limit the filter based on the first item in that line VS the >>>> entire line. >>>> >>>> Ideas? >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> SKIP >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Bernard Devlin <bdrun...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I haven't use the filter by regex pattern, but perhaps try putting the >>>>> "End >>>>> of Line" marker ($) at the end of your regex. You may need the "Start >>>>> of >>>>> Line" marker too. >>>>> >>>>> ^.*cat.*mat$ >>>>> >>>>> ^ is the Start of Line marker. >>>>> >>>>> Bernard >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 4:28 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel < >>>>> s...@magicgate.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello LC'ers >>>>>> >>>>>> I am comparing two lists using the following: >>>>>> filter lines of tdg2Text with regex pattern tRegexp into tTemp >>>>>> >>>>>> The problem I have is that this is pulling up multiple lines in >>>>>> tdg2Text >>>>>> when if fact I need to filter out a specific line. tRegExp should >>>>>> MATCH >>>>>> (exactly) item 1 of tdg2Text. >>>>>> >>>>>> Make sense? >>>>>> >>>>>> SKIP -- Charles E. Buchwald CEO/Director General Museografica Digital http://digital.museografica.com LC Developer Tools: http://buchwald.ca/developer-tools/ Email Notice: http://wp.me/P3aT4d-33 _______________________________________________ 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
