Exact Match Strings

This appendix describes the search preferences available in NorthStar Planner and examples of how strings are matched. This applies to the Find and Advanced Filter windows of the NorthStar Planner client (for example, Find Node, Find Link) and to the AutoGroup by Regular Expression (Regexp) option in the topology map.

String	Matches	Does Not Match
foo	foo	food, Foo
foo	foo, food, afoot	fox, Foo
foo	foo	food, Foo
foo*	foo, food	afoot
foo	foo, food, afoot
foo?	food	foo, foods
foo	foo, food, afoot	fox, Foo
fo	foo, fox	fo
pa*t	pt, pat, paaat	paa
pa+	pa, paa, paaa	p
pa?t	pt, pat	paat
[NI]pat	Npat, Ipat	Jpat, npat
^pat	pat, patty	ipat
pat$	pat, ipat	patty
pa{2}	ipaat	pa
pa{2,}	paa, paaa	pa
pa{2,3}t	paat, paaat	pat, paaaat
\d	any digit
\D	any non-digit
\s	any white space character
\S	any non-white space character
\w	any alphanumeric character
\W	any non-alphanumeric character
(pa)+	pa, papa, papapa
([bn]a)*	banana