Qselect Wildcards

[qball]

Acad 2010

Attached are two Mtext objects and a rectangle. If I highlight everything, Qselect, Mtext, Operator Wildcard match, Value [ * SLAB ], it only selects the text on the right. Why won't it select the one on the left? It contains the word "Slab".
I need to be able to select all Mtext objects that contain the word "slab".

[Ryder76]

Can you save that file to a lower version and repost? I only have 2008

[StykFacE]

Then type this instead, without the "[ ]" characters:

*SLAB*Then you will grab any MTEXT with the word SLAB in it.

[qball]

Ryder: 2007 version attached

Styk: it's confusing with quotes and brackets and asterix, etc.

If I type SLAB it doesn't work
If I type *SLAB* it doesn't work
If I type *SLAB it only picks the one on the right

[StykFacE]

Works for me.....

http://www.tannarzane.com/images_cadtutor/05-14-10/wildcard.jpg

[StykFacE]

Also, there's a good explanation of wildcard characters in the Help file, here is a screenshot, maybe this will clear it up a bit for you:

http://www.tannarzane.com/images_cadtutor/05-14-10/wildcard_desc.jpg

[qball]

oops. I think I had a space between the asterix and the SLAB. my bad.
Thanks for the help

[designerstuart]

thanks for this..... also of note is that qselect is CASE specific