Filtering the JPF node list with Regular Expressions

The new JPF node search dialogue box uses 'regular expressions' to filter the list of nodes.

The first thing to keep in mind is that if the search term matches any part of the signal name, then that signal will be displayed as a match.

For example: "C1" will match "C1-A1", "C2-C11", "LI-TC12", etc.

Next, there are special symbols that can be used; much like '*' in the old dialogue that used to mean "any text", these symbols can match patterns, but in a more flexible way.

These can all be combined with each other.

Examples:

Display nodes that contain "C1":

C1

(i.e. Match any string which contains "C1" at any point)

Display nodes that start with "C1":

^C1

(i.e. Match any string that starts with "C1")

Display nodes that include "IPLA" and are inputs:

IPLA.*<

(i.e. Match any string that includes "IPLA", followed by any number of any characters, followed by a left angular bracket)

Display all C2 nodes but exclude the waveforms:

^C2[^<>]*$

(i.e. Match a string that starts with "C2", then any number of characters that aren't left or right angular brackets, then ends)

This is just a brief taster of the sort of patterns that will be most useful in the context of searching for JPF nodes. Regular Expressions are much more powerful than there is room to sensibly cover here; should you need to use further capabilities, googling the topic will yield many more complete guides, such as this one.