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From: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
To: Ben Alexander <bva@alexanderonline.org>
Cc: emacs-orgmode Org-Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Help with org-map-entries and property searches
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:46:44 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <878wqeu7mj.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <67E77E1F-4917-4AF6-9161-42EE49D8721F@alexanderonline.org> (Ben Alexander's message of "Wed\, 17 Dec 2008 14\:55\:52 +0000")

Ben Alexander <bva@alexanderonline.org> writes:

> However, all of the following attempts to search for both kinds of (or
> all) values fail (no error, just the wrong value).  What am I doing
> wrong?
>
> (length (org-map-entries t "+LEDGER={\"transaction\"\|\"entry\"}"))
> => 0
> (length (org-map-entries t "+LEDGER={transaction\|entry}"))
> => 0
> (length (org-map-entries t "+LEDGER=entry"))
> => 0
> (length (org-map-entries t "+LEDGER"))
> => 0
>

Try this:  (add 2 more \ characters before the |)

(length (org-map-entries t "+LEDGER={transaction\\\|entry}"))
=> 3

HTH,

Bernt

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2008-12-17 15:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-12-17 14:55 Help with org-map-entries and property searches Ben Alexander
2008-12-17 15:46 ` Bernt Hansen [this message]
2008-12-17 15:51   ` Ben Alexander

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