Advanced selection

It is possible to perform a more specified selection in list procedures by using wildcard characters in the From field under the Selection tab in the procedures. When you use wildcards, the To field becomes inactive. The supported wildcards and how to use them are described in the table below.

Expression Explanation Example
% The percentage sign "%" selects everything before or after the sign.

pl% – will include everything starting with "pl".

%rg – will include everything ending with "rg".

%ul% – will include everything containing "ul".

! Exclamation mark "!" is used to select by one single number. 5000! – will only include the specific number "5000".
_ Underscore "_" selects everything in the indicated position, including space. _ _ _ _lock – will include everything which contains 8 character and ends with "lock".
[n-n]

Square brackets "[ ]" containing the expressions "n-n", "nn", or "^n" must always be combined with the wildcards Percent "%" or Underscore "_" and can be used to select both numbers and text.

5[3-5]9% – will include everything starting with 539, 549, and 559.

_[2-6]% – will include everything with 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 in the second position.

[nn]   %[25] – will include everything ending with either 2 or 5.
[^n] Circumflex "^" is used to exclude the character to the right of the symbol. 7[^4]% – will include everything beginning with 7 and which does not have 4 in the second position.
[^n^n]   5[^2^4]% – will include everything starting with 5 and which does not have 2 or 4 in the second position.