Exact Matches...

[Kenneth Brody]

On 4/27/2012 11:55 PM, Stanley - stanlyn-com wrote:
> Hi Shane,
>
>> eq "diesel     =" (inserting more spaces before wildcard so wildcard at
> end of field)
> Well, I'll try this...
>
> So, if I eq "diesel f=       ", (notice the spaces after the = sign),
>
> I'd get
> Diesel fuel
> Diesel farm
>
> And not
>
> Diesel
> Die...
>
> Because both sides must match up to the "=" sign???
>
> If so, then that clears up a lot...
[...]

The easiest thing to remember is that, in selection sets, trailing spaces in 
values are not significant.  The reason that putting the "=" wildcard in the 
last character "works" is because it makes all the intervening spaces 
significant.

-- 
Kenneth Brody