Searching with '(' doesn't work

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Searching with '(' doesn't work

Postby ppan » Sun Aug 14, 2016 12:00 am

I am searching for filenames in the post list for a displayed group.
If I have a file name "something (hello)", I can find it by searching for "Something" (all other files are filtered out).
However, if I search for "something (hello)" or even "something (" nothing is filtered out (it shows "something (hello)" and all other files as well).
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Re: Searching with '(' doesn't work

Postby Quade » Sun Aug 14, 2016 12:03 am

\(Something\)

() have special meaning in regular expressions so you have to escape them.
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Re: Searching with '(' doesn't work

Postby ppan » Sun Aug 14, 2016 1:28 am

Quade wrote:\(Something\)

() have special meaning in regular expressions so you have to escape them.

OK. Forgot that search was by RegEx. Thanks!
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