Wildcards in the text search of WeBuilder

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Wildcards in the text search of WeBuilder

Postby Stumpi » Mon Dec 28, 2015 6:48 pm

Hello,

I have found no way to use wildcards in the text search. It is impossible?

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Re: Wildcards in the text search of WeBuilder

Postby Aivars » Tue Dec 29, 2015 12:29 am

You can use regular expressions by checking Regular Expressions in Find window. They can find wildcard-like expressions and much more, some info here: http://www.regular-expressions.info/quickstart.html

If you're only familiar with wildcards, here's what you can use:
wildcard-like
Code: Select all
file?
would be
Code: Select all
file.


wildcard-like
Code: Select all
file*template.php
would be
Code: Select all
file.*template\.php


You can also search things like
Code: Select all
var[0-9]+
or find any tag with
Code: Select all
<[a-z]+>
and much more.
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Re: Wildcards in the text search of WeBuilder

Postby Stumpi » Tue Dec 29, 2015 5:07 pm

Thanks for your helpful answer and for your patience. I tested it, it works well. I just have to remember the correct character sequences. :wink:

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Re: Wildcards in the text search of WeBuilder

Postby Aivars » Wed Dec 30, 2015 8:58 am

Regexes can be useful professionally in your projects as well, see:
http://php.net/manual/en/ref.pcre.php
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