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Is it possible to select mtexts based on the number of characters in AutoCAD!?

giscivil92 — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 10:35:33 GMT

Hi Everyone

Is it possible to select Mtexts based on the number of characters in AutoCAD!?

Thanks

Re: Is it possible to select mtexts based on the number of characters in AutoCAD!?

cadffm — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 10:42:54 GMT

Hi,

yes, it should work if you are searching for by using wildcards&the whole string

???

String with 3 characters.

Should work in Filter,Qselect and Find command.

Start tests with TEXT,

because Mtext content can incl. internal formats and they are stored as part of the content.

"Hello" = ?????

But if you set the color of that "e" to a different color, the content is no longer "Hello" and ????? will not find this item.

Re: Is it possible to select mtexts based on the number of characters in AutoCAD!?

giscivil92 — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 11:18:34 GMT

@cadffm Thanks for your response

Actually, i know what you said but I don't want to change the mtext to text because I need the backgrounds

As i said i want to select some mtexts based on number of characters

Re: Is it possible to select mtexts based on the number of characters in AutoCAD!?

cadffm — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 11:39:12 GMT

>>Actually, i know what you said "

No you doesn't

>>"but I don't want to change the mtext to text "

Nobody mentioned that. I said you should TEST with Texts.

>>"As i said i want to select some mtexts based on number of characters"

If it is okay that you have to type in ???? Instead 4

you have three solutions now.

And a Tool for selection by "4" instead ???? is pretty simple,

but I like to show how to do ootb.

Re: Is it possible to select mtexts based on the number of characters in AutoCAD!?

vladimir_michl — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 12:25:22 GMT

There might be problems with formatted Mtexts but for standard Mtext you can just use the "????" wildcards as advised, or the srxText freeware utility and its "seLect" option, with the regular expression:

^.{4}$

to find texts with 4 characters,

^\w{3,5}$

to find texts with 3-5 word characters,

^\d{6,}$

to find texts with 6 or more digits, etc.

See www.cadforum.cz tips and downloads.

Vladimir Michl, www.arkance.world - www.cadforum.cz

Re: Is it possible to select mtexts based on the number of characters in AutoCAD!?

tramber — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 12:35:52 GMT

I gave a try to FILTER, because I like it, made it 2 seconds, it worked on a text, a mtext and even a dim !

The only topic could be: how many characters ? 😊