Scripting Wildcards » History » Version 2
Per Amundsen, 05/24/2018 10:05 AM
1 | 1 | Per Amundsen | h1. Wildcards |
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3 | Wildcard characters are special characters that are interpreted when comparing text. |
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5 | There are three meaningful wildcard characters: |
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7 | 2 | Per Amundsen | <notextile>? - matches a single character |
8 | 1 | Per Amundsen | * - matches everything (including nothing) |
9 | 2 | Per Amundsen | & - matches a whole word if used alone</notextile> |
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11 | For example the expression "t*s a *?t" matches the string "this is a text" |
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13 | If & is not used alone it matches the plain text '&' character |
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15 | "test &" matches "test this" or "test that" |
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17 | "test &his" matches only "test &his" |
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19 | "test thi&" matches only "test thi&" |
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21 | "test th&s" matches only "test th&s" |