The name only search is a regex of \b (word boundary) at start and end of the string, see
https://github.com/jsoftware/qtide/blob/master/lib/base/fiw.cpp line 363 and https://github.com/jsoftware/qtide/blob/master/lib/base/state.cpp line 189. Perhaps a better regex could be taken from https://github.com/jsoftware/base9/blob/master/regex/regj.ijs and maybe this needs updating as well. On Sat, Oct 8, 2022 at 10:19 AM Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > An additional problem here is that a name only search for m. will > treat the . as a wildcard character rather than matching specifically > on the . character. > > This is probably due to the use of a regular expression in the > implementation without the use of a regular expression quoting > mechanism for the name part. > > In J, this quoting mechanism could look like > > alphanum=. '0123456789',(#~ tolower~:toupper)a. > quotere=: {{1}.(#!.'\'~1 j. 1|.-.@e.&alphanum)'x',y}} > > (In other words: precede every non-alphanumeric character with a backslash.) > > FYI, > > -- > Raul > > On Sat, Oct 8, 2022 at 12:51 PM Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > (I am not sure where I should leave these observations.) > > > > Today, I stumbled over a couple mis-features in the implementation of > > the "name only" mechanism in j's qtide search mechanism. > > > > One issue is that a "name only" search for 'm' finds the 'm' in 'm.' > > This makes searching for instances of 'm' which are not 'm.' > > interesting, but arguably this is an acceptable compromise because J > > merged 'm.' into 'm' some time ago. > > > > However, a "name only" search for 'm' does not find the 'm' in > > 'var__m' (quotes are for emphasis here, and would not appear in the > > text being searched), nor does a name only search for 'i' find the 'i' > > in 'for_i.'. > > > > Anyways, at some point, I think we should do better here. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
