Introduction

When selections can be made, or when certain criteria are requested in the form of templates in the screens in the software, it is possible to enter wildcard characters to express the target values. The usable characters are described below.

Usable wildcard characters

There are three of these characters :

*

Any number of whatever character.

#

A single number.

?

Any single character.

All other characters are taken as their exact equivalent.

Examples

The grid shown below displays several examples of their use :

Template

Explanation

*

All possible values (any number of any characters)

????*

At least 4 characters.

???

Exactly three characters

????*

At least 4 characters.

*#*

A string containing at least one number.

*#

A string terminating in a number.

AB*

A string starts with the characters AB.

*A*B*

A string containing the characters A and B in this order.

*A?*B*

A string containing the characters A and B in this order, these two characters being separated by at least one character.

A#

A string formed by an A followed by number.