Re: [Pytables-users] Is it possible to manipulate a VariableNode in a query?

[Aquil H. A. <aqu...@gm...>]

Bah! Thanks for the quick reply! 

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Aquil H. Abdullah
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On Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Anthony Scopatz wrote:

> Hello Aquil, 
> 
> Unfortunately, You currently cannot use indexing in queries (ie "symbol[:3] == x") and may only use the whole variable ("symbol == x".  This is a limitation of numexpr.  Please file a ticket with them, if you would like to see this changed.  Sorry! 
> 
> Be Well
> Anthony
> 
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Aquil H. Abdullah <aqu...@gm... (mailto:aqu...@gm...)> wrote:
> > Hello All, 
> > 
> > I am querying a table that has a field with a string value. I would like to determine if the string matches a pattern. Is there a simple way to do that through readWhere and the condition syntax?  None of the following work, but I was wondering if it were possible to do something similar: 
> > 
> > table.readWhere('"CLZ' in field') or table.readWhere('symbol[:3] == "CLZ"')
> > 
> > Thanks! 
> > 
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> > Aquil H. Abdullah
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> > 
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