Found some weirdness with the Match Text component in Grasshopper.
Can someone explain why in this instance it is not just matching the character, but also “*” and “?”.
text match bug.gh (12.7 KB)
ps: what i am trying to do is get the index of each character in the input word from the list of characters.
Info from the posts linked below:
Patterns use the VB Like operator which supports:
?(any single character)
*(any number of characters)
#(any single digit)
If you set C to False then the casing of text is ignored. “B” is the same as “b”.
[help] About “Match Text” component – Grasshopper (grasshopper3d.com)
You could use the unicode values of the characters instead, but you would have to edit your Character list on the left side.
Since the mentioned characters are wildcard characters the easiest way is to ensure they are escaped. Note the backward slashes here:
Oh, of course, that makes sense. Good to know you can escape them though!
