I have not found the answer to this question in the help sections, and
I cannot find a manual online for Agent's expression language, so I'm
requesting input from the experts.

How can a filter be created to ignore the first 20 or so character in
subject text before beginning analysis of the string? I'm trying to
get past the subject line before filtering the character "]". Another
way to approach this would be to filter out only those strings with >1
instance of "]".

Can you help? Maybe I should approach an AI bot?

Thanks!

On Mon, 28 Aug 2023 21:04:26 -0500, bart bard wrote:

> I have not found the answer to this question in the help sections, and
> I cannot find a manual online for Agent's expression language, so I'm
> requesting input from the experts.
>
> How can a filter be created to ignore the first 20 or so character in
> subject text before beginning analysis of the string?

A. When you are using a regular expression filter, it is easy.

Say you are filtering subjects with the 3 characters "xxx"
anywhere in the subject. Whether "xxx" is a whole word or part
of a word. You would use a regular expression filter like this:

Subject: {xxx}

Now if you want to ignore he first 20 characters in the subject
text and look for "xxx" starting from the 21st character, you
would change the regular expression to this, with 20 dots before
the xxx:

Subject: {....................xxx}

This will match any 20 characters followed by xxx.
As per the help section [1], in a regular expression the dot '.'
matches any character.
The first dot can start matching anywhere in the subject, the
second dot can start matching anywhere after the first character,
the third dot can start matching anywhere after the first two
characters, ..., and the xxx can start matching anywhere after
the first 20 characters.

B. When you are using a word-based filter, it is harder. There is
no easy way to combine the regular expression 20 dots with a
word-based filter.

> I'm trying to
> get past the subject line before filtering the character "]".

You must already be using a regular expression filter. (Word-based
expressions cannot match "]".)

To ignore the first 20 characters in the subject, add 20 dots as above.

____
REFERENCES

[1] Help >> Index >> Expressions >> Regular Expressions Reference

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUOTE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rules for Writing Regular Expressions
...
* The . (dot) character. A dot matches any character.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUOTE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Ralph Fox

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On Tue, 29 Aug 2023 19:42:09 +1200, Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid>
wrote:

>On Mon, 28 Aug 2023 21:04:26 -0500, bart bard wrote:
>
>> I have not found the answer to this question in the help sections, and
>> I cannot find a manual online for Agent's expression language, so I'm
>> requesting input from the experts.
>>
>> How can a filter be created to ignore the first 20 or so character in
>> subject text before beginning analysis of the string?
>
>
> A. When you are using a regular expression filter, it is easy.
>
> Say you are filtering subjects with the 3 characters "xxx"
> anywhere in the subject. Whether "xxx" is a whole word or part
> of a word. You would use a regular expression filter like this:
>
> Subject: {xxx}
>
> Now if you want to ignore he first 20 characters in the subject
> text and look for "xxx" starting from the 21st character, you
> would change the regular expression to this, with 20 dots before
> the xxx:
>
> Subject: {....................xxx}
>
> This will match any 20 characters followed by xxx.
> As per the help section [1], in a regular expression the dot '.'
> matches any character.
> The first dot can start matching anywhere in the subject, the
> second dot can start matching anywhere after the first character,
> the third dot can start matching anywhere after the first two
> characters, ..., and the xxx can start matching anywhere after
> the first 20 characters.
>
>
> B. When you are using a word-based filter, it is harder. There is
> no easy way to combine the regular expression 20 dots with a
> word-based filter.
>
>
>> I'm trying to
>> get past the subject line before filtering the character "]".
>
>
>You must already be using a regular expression filter. (Word-based
>expressions cannot match "]".)
>
>To ignore the first 20 characters in the subject, add 20 dots as above.
>
>____
>REFERENCES
>
>[1] Help >> Index >> Expressions >> Regular Expressions Reference
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUOTE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Rules for Writing Regular Expressions
> ...
> * The . (dot) character. A dot matches any character.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUOTE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Yep, that's it! Thanks!

BB