Thank you. Is there a regex that will work with Revolution?
John Balgenorth On Sep 2, 2014, at 8:18 AM, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
