I think adding the tab at the end of the pattern will ensure this works, so:
^[a-z]\d+\t Somewhat depends on exactly what he's looking for with the regex but the important part is the ^ and the \t with the rest being dependent on the format of what he's looking for. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 8:21 AM, Charles E Buchwald <char...@buchwald.ca> wrote: > OK, then how about this: > ^[a-z]\d+ > That translates as... start of line, plus 1 alphabetic character, plus one > or more digits. > - Charles > > On 10 Jul 2014, at 10:06 AM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel < > s...@magicgate.com> wrote: > > > I additionally noticed that if my search term is b108 it also pulls over > > b108-option1, b108-option2, etc. > > > > I need it to only filter b108 and not those other items. > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel < > > s...@magicgate.com> wrote: > > > >> I am reading the data from a datagrid into a variable before applying > the > >> filter so it would be a TAB delimiter. > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 9:52 AM, John Craig <j...@splash21.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Which item delimiter are you using? For example, if it's a TAB, maybe > >>> you can specify a pattern ending with a tab, but disallowing any > further > >>> tabs.. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 10/07/2014 14:42, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel wrote: > >>> > >>>> I think I have found the cause of the issue, now I need to figure out > how > >>>> to solve it. > >>>> > >>>> The regex pattern I am looking for appears in other lines because > there > >>>> is > >>>> a description field that lists "related parts." The one consistency I > >>>> have > >>>> is that the pattern I am comparing to should be looking only at > column 1 > >>>> of > >>>> tdg2Text > >>>> > >>>> I know this is not accurate but is there a way to say something like > >>>> this: > >>>> filter lines of ITEM1 of tdg2Text with regex pattern tRegexp into > tTemp > >>>> > >>>> Trying to limit the filter based on the first item in that line VS the > >>>> entire line. > >>>> > >>>> Ideas? > >>>> > >>>> Thank you, > >>>> SKIP > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Bernard Devlin <bdrun...@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I haven't use the filter by regex pattern, but perhaps try putting the > >>>>> "End > >>>>> of Line" marker ($) at the end of your regex. You may need the > "Start > >>>>> of > >>>>> Line" marker too. > >>>>> > >>>>> ^.*cat.*mat$ > >>>>> > >>>>> ^ is the Start of Line marker. > >>>>> > >>>>> Bernard > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 4:28 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel < > >>>>> s...@magicgate.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Hello LC'ers > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I am comparing two lists using the following: > >>>>>> filter lines of tdg2Text with regex pattern tRegexp into > tTemp > >>>>>> > >>>>>> The problem I have is that this is pulling up multiple lines in > >>>>>> tdg2Text > >>>>>> when if fact I need to filter out a specific line. tRegExp should > >>>>>> MATCH > >>>>>> (exactly) item 1 of tdg2Text. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Make sense? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> SKIP > > -- > Charles E. Buchwald > CEO/Director General > Museografica Digital > http://digital.museografica.com > > LC Developer Tools: http://buchwald.ca/developer-tools/ > > Email Notice: http://wp.me/P3aT4d-33 > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode