Maybe you should be filtering with "*checkbox" & tab & "√*" ? Without the asterisk after the checkmark wouldn't it just find checkmarks at the end of lines? And do you need the asterisk after "checkbox" ?
-- Peter Peter M. Brigham [email protected] http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Feb 7, 2012, at 6:34 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > This has to be something I am missing because I am blind to it. I have a > variable set to "*checkbox*" & tab & "√". When I filter the following text > with that filter I get just the line which matchs. > > [1] ["roomid"] 16,[1] ["siteid"] 4,[1] ["uniqueid"] 18,[1] > ["status"] Available,[1] ["building"] Logos,[1] ["roomnumber"] > 671,[1] ["roomname"] Logos-IT Tech Room,[1] ["capacity"] 5,[1] > ["checkbox"] √ > > > HOWEVER, if I filter the following text with the same filter I get empty! > > [1] ["clientnotes"] ,[1] ["firstname"] Robert,[1] ["lastname"] > Sneidar,[1] ["cpristate"] CA,[1] ["caltstate"] CA,[1] ["caltcity"] > Santa Ana,[1] ["cphone1"] (714) 979-4422,[1] ["cphone2"] (714) > 401-2407,[1] ["cprizip"] 92704,[1] ["cpriaddr1"] 3000 W. MacArthur > Blvd,[1] ["cpriaddr2"] ,[1] ["clientid"] 1,[1] ["uniqueid"] > 1,[1] ["cpriaddr3"] ,[1] ["clientbalance"] 13100,[1] ["isaguest"] 0,[1] > ["caltzip"] 92704,[1] ["checkbox"] ,[1] ["cpricity"] Santa > Ana,[1] ["caltaddr1"] 3232 W. MacArthur Blvd,[1] ["clientname"] Sly > Laboratories,[1] ["clientext"] 3691,[1] ["caltaddr2"] ,[1] > ["caltaddr3"] ,[1] ["isacompany"] 1,[1] ["clientfax"] > [2] ["clientnotes"] ,[2] ["firstname"] Muffin,[2] ["lastname"] > Man,[2] ["cpristate"] NA,[2] ["caltstate"] ,[2] ["caltcity"] ,[2] > ["cphone1"] (800) 212-1212,[2] ["cphone2"] ,[2] ["cprizip"] > 00123,[2] ["cpriaddr1"] 123 Drury Lane,[2] ["cpriaddr2"] ,[2] > ["clientid"] 2,[2] ["uniqueid"] 2,[2] ["cpriaddr3"] ,[2] > ["clientbalance"] 1200,[2] ["isaguest"] 0,[2] ["caltzip"] ,[2] > ["checkbox"] √,[2] ["cpricity"] Far Far Away,[2] ["caltaddr1"] > ,[2] ["clientname"] Muffin Man Bakery,[2] ["clientext"] ,[2] > ["caltaddr2"] ,[2] ["caltaddr3"] ,[2] ["isacompany"] 1,[2] > ["clientfax"] > > Both chunks contain lines with "*checkbox*" & tab & "√" as you can see! But > one filters correctly and the other returns empty! Now the plot sickens! If I > change the filter to "*√*" then I get the correct results. If I change the > filter to "*checkbox*" I also get the correct results. > > It is looking for all the world that having a tab in the filter can hose it, > but only SOMETIMES. Apparently it works if there are no other tabs after the > one filter finds??!?! Can anyone else verify this? Just save the two chunks > above to properties in a stack. Then make a button that puts the chunks into > two variables, and filter the variables using my examples above. See what you > get. > > Bob > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
