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How to use wildcard in text conditional

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Posted on 17 May 2023 16:46:54 by jp_fc 35

The ? in my screenshot is supposed to be a wildcard for any single character. But wildcards don't seem to work.

 

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  • Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    Nived_Nambiar 18,014 Super User 2025 Season 2 on 18 May 2023 at 02:54:50
    Re: How to use wildcard in text conditional

    Hi @kc_fc 

     

    If you are trying to regex, then try using parse text action like below

     

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    It will provide two outputs - Position and Match, Position will be -1 if there is no match, so based on that you can create an if condition whether or not Position is -1 , by which you can check it matches same pattern 🙂

     

    Hope it helps !

    Mark it as solution if it resolves your query !

     

  • Srini007 Profile Picture
    Srini007 3,269 Super User 2025 Season 2 on 17 May 2023 at 18:14:06
    Re: How to use wildcard in text conditional

    Hi @kc_fc

     

    Yes, Wild character is not allowed in If action

    As you are using Contains in IF then you can still pass -123 and check it is giving you correct results

    Else, Please share what you are trying to achieve

     

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    If this reply answers your question or solves your issue, please ACCEPT AS SOLUTION 

     

    Thanks,

    Srini

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