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saban
02-21-2006, 04:20 AM
^? This is the mark for any character but is there a mark to find any characters not just one

Thnx

TonyJollans
02-21-2006, 06:37 AM
You must check "Use Wildcards" - but then you can use "?" (without the caret) for any single character and "*" for any number of characters.

saban
02-22-2006, 02:47 AM
this somehow doesnt work i used <Amend>"*"<Members> in find dialog box and checked wildcards but it doesnt find anything

and text is like this:
<Amend>Amendment<Members>

saban
02-22-2006, 02:55 AM
nevermind i figured it out

TonyJollans
02-22-2006, 03:40 AM
For others that read this later ...

When "Use wildcards" is checked, certain characters have special meanings - in this case "<" and ">" and to look for the character itself rather than have it specially interpreted, it needs 'escaping', thus ...


\<Amend\>*\<Members\>