Scripting Wildcards » History » Version 5
Per Amundsen, 07/30/2018 06:45 AM
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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 | 3 | Per Amundsen | <notextile>? - matches a single character</notextile> |
| 8 | 4 | Per Amundsen | <notextile>* - matches everything (including nothing)</notextile> |
| 9 | <notextile>& - matches a whole word if used alone</notextile> |
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| 11 | 5 | Per Amundsen | 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 | 5 | Per Amundsen | *test &* matches *test this* or *test that* |
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| 17 | 5 | Per Amundsen | *test &his* matches only *test &his* |
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| 19 | 5 | Per Amundsen | *test thi&* matches only *test thi&* |
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| 21 | 5 | Per Amundsen | *test th&s* matches only *test th&s* |