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
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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
> 
> 
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