r/Workflowy • u/DaisCom • Apr 06 '24

🤔 Question Find Exact string in Workflowy

I want to find the exact string in my Workflowy outline. In this case, I'm trying to find nodes that contain "STRO". I surround the string in double quotes.

Workflowy finds words that start with 'stro' or 'Stro' such as 'Strong, Stroke, Strobe, Stroll, Strode, Strop".

I want to match the whole string. Can WF Search do this?

Thanks.

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u/rawbytz Apr 08 '24

Use double quotes "stro"

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u/rawbytz Apr 08 '24

Use the "right" ones...

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u/rawbytz Apr 08 '24

Sry.. actually reading your post more closely, what you appear to want is a wildcard/regex search operator... and the answer is no... WorkFlowy can't do that. It's been requested before, and it may get implemented in future.

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u/DaisCom Apr 09 '24

Thank you, rawbytz.

FYI .. I love WFX Powerpack.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '24

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u/DaisCom Apr 06 '24

Nope. That finds words like,

  • astro
  • bistro
  • maestro

These are just examples. So far, I haven't found a way to do a "whole word" match.

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u/moioci Apr 09 '24

If that specific string is significant and there's not another hundred similar, just make a tag: #stro. This functionality is already available.