[GNC] How to do a couple of less common searches

[Geoff]

Hi David

1. See screenshot.  Explanation:
"^" means start of field
"." means match any character
"DOES NOT match regex" means find all transactions where the field DOES 
NOT have any character(s) ie is blank.
"Any criteria are met" means an OR search - only 1 of the criteria 
(Number or Notes) needs to be met.
- Hope this makes sense.

2. I have no idea, but you may find this guide to "POSIX" Regular 
Expressions (the dialect used in GnuCash) useful:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watson-explorer/11.0.1?topic=queries-posix-regular-expression-syntax-examples

3. I don't understand what you mean by "no transfer account" - don't all 
transactions have to have at least 2 splits?

NOTE that you can also View / Sort By an account by various fields 
including Number, Amount, Notes etc which may help you to identify the 
transactions that you are after.

Regards

Geoff
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On 5/07/2022 1:54 pm, David Carlson wrote:
> Every so often I want to search for misteaks in my data, and some less
> usual searches come to mind.  Can someone help  me with these?
> 
> 1. All transactions in the current account with nothing in the Number box
> or in the Notes box.
> 
> 2.  Where in the help is a clue to doing a Regex based search that us
> non-coders can understand?
> 
> 3.  All transactions that have both zero value and no transfer account.
> 
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