Hi I wanted to search all text fields for the a string in a variable such as <<currentTiddler>> for example $:/tags/ViewTemplate but a standard search returns tiddlers that include $:/tags/ViewTemplate/something or $:/tags/ViewTemplatesomething.
In this case since $ and / are special characters we have to use the “escaperegexp Operator” however if this was a tiddler title with any other valid characters in it, some of those will need to be escaped. And as you know there are not many restrictions on tiddler titles.
Warning: avoid using any of the characters | [ ] { } in tiddler titles
But now the question is how can we reliably construct a regular expression that can test for a variable title name and not when it is only part of the title. How can we detect where the string ends if we are permitted to use most characters in a tiddler title?
- We can assume any of these
| [ ] { }represent the start or end of a title, along with whitespace newlines there are other characters that may indicate string is a substring of a longer name. - We need to both escape the string but also add more regular expression codes around that string.
So I am not sure how to do this?
Any assistance appreciated.
