Enhanced content search capabilities in 1.5 Alpha?

[PeterPanino]

I am VERY HAPPY about the new content search in 1.5 Alpha

1. SameLine content indexing/search:

regex:content:"(?m)^.*word1.*word2.*word3.*word4.*$"
This matches any line starting with anything, followed by "word1", then anything (including spaces or punctuation), then "word2", and so on, ending with anything.

For Words in Any Order
If the order doesn't matter (just that all words are on the same line somewhere), use:
textregex:content:"(?m)^(?=.*word1)(?=.*word2)(?=.*word3)(?=.*word4).*$"

Will this be very slow?

2. Have you ever thought about implementing a NEAR content search? (function NEAR32 GetTheTruth: finds: function GetTheTruth)

[void]

Thank you for your feedback PeterPanino,

For Words in Any Order

Use:

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regex:content:(?m)^(?=.*word1)(?=.*word2)(?=.*word3)(?=.*word4).*$

regex: is pretty quick.

A progress bar is shown in the status bar on the right.
Double click the progress bar to cancel, or right click the progress bar -> Cancel, or change the search to cancel.

2. Have you ever thought about implementing a NEAR content search?

I will consider a near function, for now, please use regex:

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regex:word1.{0,32}word2

Word order is important.

Thank you for the suggestion.

[PeterPanino]

Hello void,

Thank you for the information!

This query finds over 1,400 files:

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ext:pas regex:content:formcreate.{0,100}

However, when I add the second word, I get ZERO RESULTS:

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ext:pas regex:content:formcreate.{0,100}begin

It seems there is an issue with the regex and line breaks?

[NotNull]

It seems there is an issue with the regex and line breaks?

It is just the default behaviour.
To serach beyond line breaks, add the dot-all: search modifier:

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ext:pas  dotall:regex:content:formcreate.{0,100}begin

BTW:
Content searching for multiple words in any order without regex:

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content:<word1 word2 word3 "some phrase">

[PeterPanino]

Thank you very much! You helped me a lot! Soon, my new DELPHI MANAGER application, with fantastic, never-before-seen features, will be released!