Space in Selections Filter Field

[Brent]

Since space is a delimiter in the Selections Filter field, which does not recognize regular expressions, how then can one enter a pattern containing a space?

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[jimwillsher]

You should be able to put the entry in quotes.


Jim

[Brent]

You should be able to put the entry in quotes.

Thanks, Jim, but unfortunately, it does not work.

[mjb]

Hi,

Has this issue been resolved since 2008?

I also would like to be able to use Space-characters in the filter mask.
I have tried enclosing the space-character in Quotation marks. but this does not appear to work

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Mark

[backlund]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I was trying to figure this out myself today. Here's what I did in case anyone in the future needs to do this.

If you want to filter your selection with a phrase that contains spaces, replace the spaces with * symbols in your selection filter phrase.

Example:

Phrase: Microsoft Outlook 2010
Filter: Microsoft*Outlook*2010

[mjb]

Thank you for your reply

I have tried out your suggestion and found it to be a useful work-around.

I can also use the ? wildcard to specify the single-space-between words.


Thanks for sharing
regards
Mark