Thew new syntax for the filter command (don;t recall which version it was introduced but it works in 6.6.2) lets you filter with a regular expression, so the following will do it in one filter command, no need to repeat for each line:
filter lines of tFiles with regex pattern ".*\.jpg|png" Just replace the "jpg|png" with a list of the file types you are looking for separated by the "|" character Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 1:28 PM, JB <sund...@pacifier.com> wrote: > I have not tried it yet but if it works > the problem is I might want to use > a variety of file types so the repeat > would filter one line at a time and > then you check for that type in the > list of types you will allow. > > The way you provided would need it > to allow a list of types or I would need > to keep filtering so there might be a > faster way but I am not sure. > > Thank you for the reply and code advice. > > John Balgenorth > > > On Sep 1, 2014, at 1:24 PM, Martin Koob <mk...@rogers.com> wrote: > > > > > I think you can use the filter command with a wildcard and your > extension. > > Put your folder path into tMyFolderPath then: > > > > set the folder to tMyFolderPath > > put the files into theFiles > > filter theFiles with "*.jpg" > > > > Martin > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Filtering-FIle-Types-tp4682777p4682778.html > > Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
