SEARCH for multiple strings

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steved
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SEARCH for multiple strings

Post by steved »

MATCHES is using a regex that looks for 2 strings, "40" and "GS".

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REL{TUP{ID 1,A "5A053"}, TUP{ID 2, A "64GS6"}, TUP{ID 3, A "YYYY"}, TUP{ID 4, A "X40F"}}  WHERE MATCHES(A,"(.*40.*)*(.*GS.*)*")  
It should return a tuple where it finds either string. And it does, returning ID 2 and ID 4.

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RELATION {ID INTEGER, A CHARACTER} {
         TUPLE {ID 2, A "64GS6"},
         TUPLE {ID 4, A "X40F"}}
Using the same regex I was hoping SEARCH would return a tuple where either string was found.

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 REL{TUP{ID 1,A "5A053"}, TUP{ID 2, A "64GS6"}, TUP{ID 3, A "YYYY"}, TUP{ID 4, A "X40F"}}  WHERE SEARCH(TUP{*},"(.*40.*)*(.*GS.*)*")
But in this case SEARCH is true for all tuples.

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 RELATION {ID INTEGER, A CHARACTER} {
      TUPLE {ID 1, A "5A053"},
      TUPLE {ID 2, A "64GS6"},
      TUPLE {ID 3, A "YYYY"},
      TUPLE {ID 4, A "X40F"}}
Of course using multiple SEARCH terms works.

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REL{TUP{ID 1,A "5A053"}, TUP{ID 2, A "64GS6"}, TUP{ID 3, A "YYYY"}, TUP{ID 4, A "X40F"}}  
           WHERE SEARCH(TUP{*},".*40.*") OR SEARCH(TUP{*}, ".*GS.*")
Is there any way, perhaps using another form of regex, to get a single SEARCH working looking for multiple strings?
Dave
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Re: SEARCH for multiple strings

Post by Dave »

I'd guess there is a different regex that would work. It's based on the Java regex syntax, which has some unique quirks.
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