Hi Jason Thanks for that, but I did try the pipe-separated approach (1001 | 1002 ...) and I got the fatal, and anyway my search numbers are not a simple sequence so I can't do the range thing - I have numbers like 1001, 2054, 1098 blah blah blah.
I also tried (1001) | (1234) and various permutations but no joy. I'm really looking for the ARE equivalent of the IN operator in SQL. Cheers Bruce PS: Anyone swing past the SAFE stand at the ESRI user conference the other day? Some of the staff were working very long hours... Bruce Harold Geographic Information Solutions www.gis.co.nz Ph. (64) (0) 9 537 3247 Mb. (+64) (0) 21 2995995 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Birch Sent: Friday, 18 August 2006 3:43 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [fme] ARE question Maybe: ^(100[1-3])$ or: (100[1-3]) or: 100[1-3] or something more verbose like: 1001|1002|1003 I haven't used regex with the ListSearcher before, so I don't know if you need the start/end characters ^$ or grouping () Jason ________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of Bruce Harold Sent: Thu 2006-08-17 6:44 PM To: FME Group Subject: [fme] ARE question Hello All I'm struggling with advanced regular expression syntax. I want to use an ARE in a LISTSEARCHER "Search For" input. I am searching for a set of numbers like 1001,1002,1003 so that if any of the candidate numbers is a list member I get it's index. I try (and don't go blind counting braces and pipe characters): [1][0][0][1] | [1][0][0][2] | [1][0][0][3] But it fatals the translation. Anyone out there sharp on ARE's? Thanks Bruce. Bruce Harold Geographic Information Solutions www.gis.co.nz <http://www.gis.co.nz> Ph. (64) (0) 9 537 3247 Mb. (+64) (0) 21 2995995 Join us at the FME Worldwide User Conference Sept. 21-22, 2006 Vancouver BC Canada. For more information, visit www.safe.com/2006uc. Yahoo! Groups Links Join us at the FME Worldwide User Conference Sept. 21-22, 2006 Vancouver BC Canada. For more information, visit www.safe.com/2006uc. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fme/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
