EKL wildcard for Query String

[solid7]

List > Query(type : String, condition : String) : List

Anyone have a clue how to use the EKL Query method with string wildcards? I'm going to give the example of what I want to do, tell me how I actually do it.

ioAttCurveList = Construction\Curves\BoundaryCurves ->Query( "Curve" , "x.Name == \"*Boundary\"" )

The idea is to search the Geo Set paths for any curves that have "Boundary" in the name, and return it to the List. Wildcards just aren't working for me, and don't seem to be very well addressed in the documentation. All examples use length or integer values.

Thanks in advance.

 

[itsmyjob]

why don't you do a Search on the x.Name ?

Eric N.
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[solid7]

Isn't that what I'm doing with the Query?

Specifically, what method do you propose? I do not see "search" as a method of any object type in EKL. The only other method that even seems close, is Access. However, this method is ideal for what I want, since it returns the results to the list, which I'll use in the next line of code.

To be clear - I already know that the line of code that I posted works perfectly, IF AND ONLY IF I used the exact object name. But there's no point in using the exact name, if I'm going to use the Query method. (I'd be better off just telling my code exactly which items to return)

I prefer to have a wildcard, if possible. Otherwise, I will change the object naming and Geo Set placement, to suit the method. But it would be better to settle it in the way that I've asked.

Thank you.

 

[itsmyjob]

String->Search (String, index: Integer, Forward: Boolean): Integer

Eric N.
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[solid7]

OK. I see what you're doing. But the Query string will return what I want to a list, in one call. I still have to do something with this, once I've actually found the search string. Not elegant.

My alternate solution is to rename my curves (I'm building them on the fly with a knowledge pattern) to all have the same name, but handle uniqueness by Geo Set placement. In that case, I can Query with exact name, no wildcard. But the nature of my question was, and still is... Can I use a wildcard in the Query string?

 

[LWolf]

`Geometrical Set.1` ->Query("Point","x.Name->Search(\"Boundary\")>=0")

regards,
LWolf

 

[Caprig4005]

Is there a way to do an x.Name search for two different names? Doing something like Boundary or Edge....

I.E.
`Geometrical Set.1` ->Query("Point","x.Name->Search(\"Boundary\" or \"Edge\")>=0")

I know that the above line of code doesn't work but what would I use to get the results for either option.

Ryan Capriglione
NX/CATIA Power User

 

[itsmyjob]

" x.Name->Search(\"toto\")>-1 or x.Name->Search(\"tutu\")>-1 "

Eric N.
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[solid7]

`Geometrical Set.1` ->Query("Point","x.Name->Search(\"Boundary\")>=0")

This doesn't work for me. It returns every point in the set. Does not find them by name.

 

[itsmyjob]

this should give you points with Boundary in the name.
if point name does not include Boundary the result of the Search will return -1 and filter out the point.

Eric N.
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[solid7]

You do know that I'm still in V5, right?