User Guide/Workspace/Wildcards: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 15:12, 23 November 2015

Many STx dialogs allow the use of wildcards. There are two wildcards supported by STx

For example if are search set is

sentence1
sentence2
word1
word2
waterfall
dangerous
wet

The search string *t* would return

sentence1
sentence2
waterfall
wet

The search string *t would return

wet

The search string *o* would return

word1
word2
dangerous

The search string ?o* would return

word1
word2

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 {{DISPLAYTITLE:{{SUBPAGENAME}}}}
-==Wildcards==
+{{UG_Workspace}}
+Many {{STX}} dialogs allow the use of wildcards. There are two wildcards supported by {{STX}}
-Many {{STX}} dialogs allow the use of wildcards. There are two wildcards supported by {{STX}}
+*<code>*</code> the asterisk represents any character or string of characters
+*<code>?</code> the question mark represents any single character
-** the asterisk represents any character or string of characters
-*? the question mark represents any single character
 For example if are search set is
-sentence1
+ sentence1
+ sentence2
-sentence2
+ word1
+ word2
-word1
+ waterfall
+ dangerous
-word2
+ wet
-waterfall
-dangerous
-wet
-The search string *t* would return
-sentence1
-sentence2
-waterfall
-wet
-The search string *t would return
-wet
+The search string <code>*t*</code> would return
-The search string *o* would return
+ sentence1
+ sentence2
+ waterfall
+ wet
-word1
+The search string <code>*t</code> would return
-word2
+ wet
-dangerous
+The search string <code>*o*</code> would return
-The search string ?o* would return
+ word1
+ word2
+ dangerous
-word1
+The search string <code>?o*</code> would return
-word2
+ word1
+ word2