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Special characters in name searches

When searching for objects by name, such as element names, event frame names, or attribute names (when associated with a template), you can use special characters:

Special character

Purpose

*

Substitute any number of unspecified characters.

?

Substitute a single unspecified character.

[xyz]

Specify a set of characters (x, y, or z) to match.

[!xyz]

Specify a set of characters (x, y, or z) to preclude a match.

\

Ignore the subsequent special character and interpret as its actual character.

[first-last]

Specify a range of characters (from first to last) to match. For example, a[a-c] matches aa, ab, or ac, but does not match ad or abc.

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