David, the first edition of this book still has pride of place on my
book shelves: http://regex.info/book.html
Not for the faint hearted, but if your head doesn't explode at the first
chapter, it will teach you more than you ever wanted to know (or even
knew there was to know) about regular expressions.
Best $60 I ever spent. Regular expressions can be a *huge* time saver.
I'll add a GnuCash RegEx overview to my To Do list. But don't hold your
breath, that list is a long one ;--)
Regards
Geoff
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On 3/10/2020 1:15 pm, David Carlson wrote:
There you are, I graduated college in 1968.
Anyway I just created *Bug 797965*
<https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797965> which is a RFE to a
path that would resolve the core problem of this thread, and I invite
comments there.
On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 10:02 PM Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com
<mailto:de...@ihtfp.com>> wrote:
__
You must be in your 60s or 70s (or older) if you think you were
around before the term regex was created.
The term regex (REGular EXpression) has been around at least since
the 80s if not earlier. It is a way to search for, well, a regular
expression.
There are several resources for regex examples, and regex has been
standardized for many decades.
Happy hacking.
-derek
Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
On October 2, 2020 10:50:45 PM David Carlson
<david.carlson....@gmail.com <mailto:david.carlson....@gmail.com>>
wrote:
Geoff,
Thank you for the very nice description of how to implement the
mechanics
of an iterative search. Now all we need is an easy to understand
description of how each of the search criteria work, including
(especially,
with examples) exactly what regex means to those of us that went
to school
before that term existed, how to know exactly which split lines are
searched and which split lines just come along for the ride into the
results, and perhaps why the search dialog disappears, which was the
original problem that started this thread.
I can't seem to make the help for that dialog appear from the help
button
in that dialog. I finally found the actual help in the F1 Help manual
under Tools and Assistants > Find which completely glosses over the
subjects in the previous paragraph.
On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 7:49 PM Geoff <cleanoutmys...@gmail.com
<mailto:cleanoutmys...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Regardless of whether the search box disappears or not, GnuCash's
"search within search results" feature is still pretty nifty.
I've attached a screenshot showing four consecutive searches
illustrating:
New search (the other options are always disabled on the initial
search)
Add results to current search
Refine current search
Delete results from current search
First search is to locate transactions with value less than 200.
Second search is to add in transactions with value more than 800.
Third search is to restrict to description containing "gnucash".
Fourth search is to remove transactions posted on 26th September.
(Harking back to our school days, I think we can say that GnuCash
search
provides the Set Theory equivalents of Union, Intersection, and
Complement
https://www.britannica.com/science/set-theory/Operations-on-sets. But
I
digress.)
The trick is to invoke the second and subsequent searches from the
"Search Results" tab and not the Chart of Accounts.
This is, of course, a simple example. Any given search operation
also
lets you specify multiple criteria ("Add" button), and whether "all
criteria" must be met or just "any criteria" ie AND or OR logic.
James, I hope this tip improves your search results.
Regards
Geoff
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Version: 4.1
Build ID: 4.1+(2020-07-25)
Finance::Quote: 1.49
Windows 10
On Sat, 26 Sep 2020 13:47:10 -0500 (CDT), Jamestk wrote:
Hello good folks,
I wanted to check if there was a simpler way when using the 'find
transaction'feature repeatedly.
When searching for transactions it normally involves a batch of
invoices or
receipts which are not showing withing reports, most often this
is due to
me
selecting incorrect accounts or similar, easy way is to use find
feature -
Searches are basic, Select find from edit menu then opt for
'value' setting
leaving all other criteria std, often this works but if it
returns nil
results you have to start over, is there anyway of saving the
search or to
edit and re-run the original without having to start from scratch?
8.1 help file is okay but a bit technical in parts.
Thanks,
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