ListSearcher cannot handle the regular Expression "^1$|^9$|^10$"

Article Number: 000002160 - Last Modified: Feb 3, 2012

The ListSearcher does not handle the regular expression "^1$|^9$|^10$", but the StringSearcher does.

Symptoms

The ListSearcher erroneously outputs features from the NOT_FOUND port when the expression to search for is set to "^1$|^9$|^10$".

Cause

The ListSearcher cannot handle the regular expression "^1$|^9$|^10$".

Resolution

This will be fixed through problem report PR #36244. As a workaround, explode the features with a ListExploder and use a StringSearcher (which does handle the expression).

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