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".

TEXT.dwg

[Ryder76]

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

[tzframpton]

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

TEXT.dwg

[tzframpton]

Works for me.....

 

[tzframpton]

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:

 

[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