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    #1

    Which Character To Use?

    In A4 and doing a search you could enter 412??32 and the search would return any record that had the 412__32 in the field. The ?? was called a wildcard if my memory serves me correctly. How can I duplicate in A5?

    Thanks
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    #2
    RE: Which Character To Use?

    Philip, couldn't the Query Genie help you with this? Use the Query Operator 'field starts with' and specify 412; then use query operator 'field ends with' and specify 32.

    -- tom

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      #3
      RE: Which Character To Use?

      Philip, you can also do this with a query by table, using separate expressions.

      Haven't found a single character wildcard mentioned in the docs...

      -- tom

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        #4
        RE: Which Character To Use?

        I looked thru the pdf books and there was NO character to perform this check as Alpha had in A4. I will have to use the multiple functions. Just a pain.

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          #5
          RE: Which Character To Use?

          You can try 412*32, however, I think that would return...

          412 32
          412132
          4121232
          41212332
          412123432
          etc.

          I'll dig & see what I can find.
          Thank you,
          Mike Konoff

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            #6
            RE: Which Character To Use?

            The following are listed query operators in Alpha Five.

            (greater than)
            (not equal to)
            >= (greater than or equal to)
            Thank you,
            Mike Konoff

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              #7
              RE: Which Character To Use?

              I'll bet Ira could give us a function, if he had the time.
              There can be only one.

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                #8
                RE: Which Character To Use?

                There's very little that Ira can't do and I'm not so sure about that.

                kenn
                TYVM :) kenn

                Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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                  #9
                  RE: Which Character To Use?

                  Indeed...

                  Ira is a "functional" guy ---- A legend in his own mind!!!

                  Ken

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                    #10
                    RE: Which Character To Use?

                    Of course we have all heard of "Car 54 - Where Are You"
                    Maybe we should change it to:
                    "Functional Ira - Where Are You?"

                    Thanks

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                      #11
                      RE: Which Character To Use?

                      I am sure the Ira character would respond to the $ chracter!

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                        #12
                        RE: Which Character To Use?

                        Philip,

                        While I understand your need for global wildcard characters, and would like to see something like that in Alpha Five as well, I think that you can simply use the expression:

                        left(alltrim([fieldname here]), 3) = "412" .and. right(alltrim([same fieldname here]), 2) = "32"

                        to pick up those records. Certainly a function could also be written, but this will now. If you are into writing XBasic, I think that you could also set up an on-the-fly script to take what appears to be wildcard input and "convert" it to a workable query statement.

                        Bets regards,

                        Geoff Hollander

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