Quick Find
Use the Quick Find tools on the Select toolbar to quickly find drillhole and wireframe objects by name, and optionally zoom to selection.
Wireframes
See: Quick Find
Drillholes
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Select Drillhole | Quick Find or click the Quick Find Drillholes button on the Select toolbar to find and select drillholes using a wildcard search. |
Find What
Enter the value of the search string in Find What. Any searches you make in the current session are available for selection in a drop-down History list attached to the input box. You can include wildcard characters in the search string to generalise the search.
Examples are shown in the tables below.
Possible matches will depend on whether:
- You have selected the Match case check box option. Case refers to whether the letters that make up the search string are ‘UPPER CASE’ , ‘lower case’, or a mixture of the two. Rc001, for example, is considered to be different to RC001 when the Match case option is selected.
- You want to Use regular expressions. A regular expression is a search string that uses special characters to match patterns of text. You can use them as an alternative to wildcards.
Select the Zoom to Selection option to zoom to the selected objects when a search is successful.
Wildcards
You can use wildcards to find field values in a file, or filter the selection when selecting files.
| Meaning | Char | Example | Finds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Match any number of characters. | * | R* | R, RA, R123, RCH02, etc. |
| Match any single alphabetic character. | ? | R?C | R1C, R C, ROC, etc. |
| Match any numbers of characters except zero. | + | R+ | R1, RA, RABC, etc. |
| Match any string containing a given character. | $ | $R | ARC, ROC, BAR, 94RC02, etc. |
| Match any string NOT containing a given character. | ! | !R | 1, 20, ABC, etc. |
Regular expressions
| Character | Description | Find | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| . | Any single character |
a.e |
ave, ale, ate, etc. |
| * |
Zero or more occurrences of the preceding characters |
a*b |
b, ab, aaab, etc. |
| + |
One or more occurrences of the preceding characters |
a+b |
ab, aaab, etc. |
| ? |
Zero or one occurrence of the preceding characters |
ca?b |
cb, cab, etc. |
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{n}, {n,m}
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A single character can be repeated a specific number of times: a{n} Matches 'a' repeated exactly n times a{n,} Matches 'a' repeated n or more times a{n, m} Matches 'a' repeated between n and m times inclusive |
a{2,3}
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aa, aaa
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| | | Matches either of its arguments. Parenthesis can be used: | abc|def ab(d|ef) |
abc, def abd, abef |
| [] ^ |
Defines a set or range and matches any members of the set or range: ^ will match any character that is NOT in the specified set or range: |
[abc] [a-d] [^a-d] |
a, b, c a, b, c, d e, f, g, etc. |
Find
Click the Find button to begin the search. Holes thaat match your search will be selected and highlighted in Vizex.
Close
Click the Close button to close the Find dialog.