Hi Jim, Hubert, and all,
This is not a Windows thing; regex (regular expression)
filters are different from (and more powerful than) pattern
filters. You may want to google for regex or regular
expression for more powerful samples; there are a few
different syntaxes out there and some will work in Quackle.
A few tips:
- instead of Q?T, type ^Q.T$
The . stands for any character, and the ^ and $ make sure
that there aren't any extra characters in front or behind.
- for words starting with RE, type ^RE
- for words ending with ON, type ON$
- for words with Q followed by a letter other than U,
OR words ending with Q,
type Q[^U]|Q$
Any LeXpert "pattern" search can be converted to regex
filter as follows:
- add ^ in front and add $ behind
- replace all ? by .
- replace all * by .* (dot star)
Example: a LeXpert pattern of A*B?C becomes a regex filter
of ^A.*B.C$
Finally, Quackle is not meant as a LeXpert substitute, so it is
understandable that it has minimal lexicon-searching facilities. :)
(Jason and Johns - the real feedback here is perhaps to have
a regex cheat sheet help handy somewhere...)
Hope this helps.
Andy Kurnia
Singapore
On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In the lister, is there a way to find words that have a certain prefix or
> suffix? The regex filter gives me a sequence of letters in a row, but they may
> appear anywhere in the word. Using wildcard symbols doesn't seem to help.
>
> For instance, using the rack AENOQRT, the build feature gives me 91 words.
> Using the regex filter and entering Q, I now get 2 words, QAT and TRANQ (there
> are actually Q words without a U!). If I take the same 91 words and type in
> Q?T
> in the filter, expecting to see just QAT, I get 60 results. Most other uses
> of the wild cards give me 0 results. Am I misunderstanding the filter? Is it a
> Windows thing?
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