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FrameMaker doesn't use "#" as a variable number of characters in the search. What can I use?

Community Beginner ,
Jul 06, 2018 Jul 06, 2018

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FrameMaker doesn't use "#" as a variable number of characters in the search. What can I use?

Thanks in advance.

Rog.

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Jul 06, 2018 Jul 06, 2018

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You can use ? (as in d?g) to search for instances of dog or dig. Is that what you're asking?''

Searching on d??g would yield dang or doug

-Matt Sullivan
FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant

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Jul 06, 2018 Jul 06, 2018

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I want to search between 2 knowns an undetermined number of characters.

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Jul 06, 2018 Jul 06, 2018

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Fm supports regular expressions, so create a GREP string that does that

[Guest Post] “Do the magic: Regular Expressions in FrameMaker”, by Marek Pawelec – Adobe TechComm Bl...

-Matt Sullivan
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Jul 07, 2018 Jul 07, 2018

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Hi Roger:

FrameMaker quietly supports regular expressions. You do need to enable the regular expression radio button for these to work:

  • You can use .+ to match any character (one or more). This includes spaces.
  • If you just need to match letters (upper and lower) use [\l\u]+.

~Barb

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Jul 09, 2018 Jul 09, 2018

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You lost me Barb.

enable the regular expression radio button ????

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Jul 09, 2018 Jul 09, 2018

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The list of fields that read "Simple Search", "Wildcards", "Regular Expressions" in the Find/Change pod.

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Jul 09, 2018 Jul 09, 2018

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In the Find/Change pod I have "considercase, Whole word, Wldcards, and Find Backwards".

I have checked off Wildcards and searched by putting in the Find field, "A.+T".  I'm not doing this correctly, am I?

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Jul 09, 2018 Jul 09, 2018

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Sorry, what version of FM?

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Jul 10, 2018 Jul 10, 2018

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Jul 09, 2018 Jul 09, 2018

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Rog,

   What version of FrameMaker are you using? Regular expressions were added in FrameMaker 12. For earlier versions, you can use wildcards. See Help for more information, but an asterisk matches any number of characters.

         --Lynne

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Jul 10, 2018 Jul 10, 2018

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Original post I wrote # but meant *. The asterisk doesn't work as a wildcard as far as I can tell.

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Jul 10, 2018 Jul 10, 2018

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Hi Roger:

Did you enable the Wildcards radio button?

Screenshot 2018-07-10 07.13.51.pngScreenshot 2018-07-10 07.14.22.png

We were guessing on the version (thanks for clarifying) and still guessing on the actual search criteria (based on one of your answers my guess is "A something T"). It is always helpful to provide us with as much detail as possible, along with screen shots, to expedite the process.

~Barb

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Jul 09, 2018 Jul 09, 2018

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HI Roger:

Sorry I've been in class teaching FrameMaker all day, but I suspect Jeff and Lynne have taken care of the follow-up question. What version are you using? As Lynne mentioned, regular expressions weren't added until version 12.
Screenshot 2018-07-09 16.28.09.png

~Barb

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