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Mixture of Regex & Boolean Operators
Posted: 17 Sep 2015 02:07
by armsys
Is it true that regex and Boolean operators can't be mixed together in Find Files?
My test result shows it impossible:
>sci.*am & ! path:tutor
But, Don's sample pattern inspires such illusion.
Re: Mixture of Regex & Boolean Operators
Posted: 17 Sep 2015 09:03
by admin
Yes, it's true.
Indeed, my sample pattern inspired such illusion. Sorry for that.
That "Master Invert" looks like Boolean mode, but internally it is not. It is processed before deciding whether the term is Boolean or RegExp or whatever.
Re: Mixture of Regex & Boolean Operators
Posted: 20 Sep 2015 11:13
by admin
armsys wrote:Is it true that regex and Boolean operators can't be mixed together in Find Files?
Correction: It *is* possible! It's even in the Help file. However, the examples in the Help are slightly wrong AND there is a bug in the current version.
Here is an updated version:
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XYplorer supports Boolean RegExp, i.e. you may combine any number of Regular Expressions with Boolean operators. The RegExps must be quoted in that case and each RegExp needs to be prefixed with ">", e.g.:
:>"\d{4}-\d{1,2}-\d{1,2}" AND "*.doc"
:>"\d{4}-\d{1,2}-\d{1,2}" AND >"\.doc$"
This will work in the next beta.