Hi All,
I have got myself into a big muddle here.
And think I may have probably got the wrong filter options on or off?
And now I can't see the wood for the trees!
I am using Everything 1.5 ver 1296a(64)
I am sorting through a very messy labelled record collection
31,000 songs.
I want to ignore in the search all punctuation: ( _ } ( )-$ £ @) and so on,
and ignore all empty spaces.
So as an example, I would like to see the file name search for Deep Purple to be returned in a listing whether it had any punctuation in it or spaces. Like in the below example.
Deep_Purple
Deep()Purple
Deep-Purple
Deeppurple
I have tried using the filters !PUNC !SPACE
And looked at the advanced search, which I left empty.
Thanks.
How to Search, ignoring punctuation & Spaces?
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How to Search, ignoring punctuation & Spaces?
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Re: How to Search, ignoring punctuation & Spaces?
With the option "Ignore Punctuation" enabled, type the search term:
deeppurple
Otherwise, if you turn off "Ignore Punctuation" and just type:
deep purple
it will also locate matches for "Deep Purple", "Deep.Purple", "Deep_Purple"... but also "Deep Blue Purple" and "Purple Deep".
*deep?purple*
will also work, using wildcard matching convention for the * and ? characters.
regex:"deep.purple"
works the same way as above where the . character matches "any single character" like the ? wildcard does.
deeppurple
Otherwise, if you turn off "Ignore Punctuation" and just type:
deep purple
it will also locate matches for "Deep Purple", "Deep.Purple", "Deep_Purple"... but also "Deep Blue Purple" and "Purple Deep".
*deep?purple*
will also work, using wildcard matching convention for the * and ? characters.
regex:"deep.purple"
works the same way as above where the . character matches "any single character" like the ? wildcard does.
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Re: How to Search, ignoring punctuation & Spaces?
Thanks racoon,
Yes it finds your example "DeepPurple"
I all ready had "Ignore Punctuation" option picked.
see my screen shot.
the search returns nothing if I enter these searches
Deep_Purple
Deep()Purple
Deep-Purple
could I have picked another option that has cancelled out
the "Ignore Punctuation" ?
Thanks.
Yes it finds your example "DeepPurple"
I all ready had "Ignore Punctuation" option picked.
see my screen shot.
the search returns nothing if I enter these searches
Deep_Purple
Deep()Purple
Deep-Purple
could I have picked another option that has cancelled out
the "Ignore Punctuation" ?
Thanks.
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- Joined: Fri May 28, 2021 7:55 am
Re: How to Search, ignoring punctuation & Spaces?
Sorry Raccoon.
Ignore what I wrote.
It's my bad.
Like I said " I got my brain muddled.
it is sorted now.
Thanks anyway.
Ignore what I wrote.
It's my bad.
Like I said " I got my brain muddled.
it is sorted now.
Thanks anyway.