FILTER_STRING_MULTI Function
Syntax
Arguments
- Output_List
All elements of Input_List that either include or do not include all elements found in the Filter_List.
- string
The list to examine.
- sub_strings
The list of elements that must be found or not found in Input_List.
- delimiter
Optional. Default = CR-LF. The delimiter between elements in the Input_List and Filter_List.
- exclude
Logical. Optional. Default = .F. .T. = Return Input_List items that do not include elements of Filter_List. .F. = Return Input_List items that include elements of Filter_List.
Description
Filter in/out words that contain any case insensitive words in delimiter delimited sub_strings from a list, default delimiter is CR-LF.
Discussion
Takes an Input_List that is divided into logical "records" by a Delimiter and either extracts or excludes the "records" that contain one or more filter elements anywhere within each "record" in the string. Used to extract a list from a larger text file. The FILTER_STRING_MULTI() function returns all elements of an Input_List that either include or do not include all elements found in the Filter_List.
Example
inlist = <<%a% Alpha Software The Alpha Project Project Alpha %a% outlist = <<%b% the software %b% ? filter_string_multi(inlist, outlist, crlf() , .f.) = The Alpha Project Alpha Software ? filter_string_multi(inlist, outlist, crlf() , .t.) = Project Alpha
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