setFilter
Function setFilter() filters records by some condition.
The function does not change a file, it filters records in a memory.
To return the original state of a table - call unsetFilter().
By default case of letters is ignored. You can change the default behaviour with
function caseSensitiveMode().
You can use the following operators in the expression:
Operation |
Meaning |
Example |
< | Less | FIELD1<123 |
> | More | FIELD1>123 |
= | Equal for numbers, begin with for strings | FIELD1=123 FIELD2=john |
== | Equal for numbers, exact equal for strings | FIELD2==john FIELD2==john lennon |
<> | Do not equal | FIELD1<>123 |
<= | Less or equal | FIELD1<=123 |
>= | More or equal | FIELD1>=123 |
~ | Contain a substring | FIELD2~lennon |
^ | Do not contain a substring | FIELD1^lennon |
You can use & and | to unite expressions