Filter, unlike matchtext, in the form you are using, is not using regex. There
is a form of filter however that does. If you need help with a regex
expression, I use a neat little tool called RegexMagic. 30 day demo and not too
expensive if you use regex expressions on a regular basis. (See what I did
there?)
Bob S
> On Apr 20, 2017, at 03:20 , Alan via use-livecode
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> Try
>
> filter lines of MyList with ("*" & CharStringX & "*" & tab & "*")
>
> to get all lines where CharStringX is contained in the first part of the
> string before the tab.
>
>
>> filter lines of MyList with ("*" & CharStringX & "*" & tab)
>
> HTH
>
> cheers
>
> Alan
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