Searching for Strings
On some dialogs, complex search criteria can be specified, which enable to restrict search results or selections of records, e.g.:
- on dialog Edit|Search for input boxes „Name“ and „ID“,
- on dialog File|Import|Options for the layer selection,
- on dialog Tables|Groups for the input box „Expression“,
- on the context menu of object tables, command Change Column,
- on dialog Modify Objects, action „Modify Attribute“.
Please consider that the subsequent operators cannot be used within the ID of objects.
Examples
| Element searched for | Operator | Example | finds |
| single character | ? | m?t | „mat“, „met“ |
| character string | * | l*t * | „lot“, „latent“, „last“all types of characters |
| one of the characters mentioned | [ ] | b[au]ll | „ball“, „bull“ |
| a single character in an alphabetical sequence | [-] | [m-o]street | „Nstreet“, „Ostreet“, but not „Bstreet“. The letters must be given in an ascending alphabetical sequence. |
| a single character except those mentioned in the brackets | [^] | [^g]ut | „but“, but not „gut“ |
| Logical relation | | | 100|200 | 100 or 200 |
| ab(c|de)f | abcf or abdef | ||
| Element searched for | Operator | Example | finds |
| single-digit number 1..9 | [ ] | [7] | 7, but not 17 or 177 |
| multi-digit number | [ ] | [1][2][3] | 123, but not 121 |
| one of the numbers mentioned | [ ] | [123] | 1, 2 or 3, but not 11 or 12 |