About Attribute Value Wild Cards

RSA function blocks that have Attribute Value as a parameter support the following wild cards and characters for matching special values for standard or extended attribute values.

  • Wild cards
  • Match special characters
Wild cards Example
Wild card Description Wild card Possible Results
? Any single character. T?m Tam Tim Tom
12?0 1200 1220 12A0*
* Zero or more characters. Ma* Ma Mark Manilla
10* 10 1
# Any single digit (0-9). 200# 2000 2001 2003
Match Special Characters Example
Character Group Match
[] Encloses characters, including wild cards, to match. abc[*] abc*
[ Can be enclosed in a match character group. Note: The right bracket, ] , cannot be used within a group to match itself, but it can be used outside of any brackets as an individual character. [[]abc] [abc]
[charlist] Any character that matches one or more enclosed characters. t[io]p Yes tip top
Note: The character sequence [] is considered a zero-length string (""). No tap
[!charlist] Any character that is not enclosed in brackets. t[!io]p Yes tap
No tip top
[char-list] (Hyphen) separates the upper and lower bounds of a charlist to identify a range. [0-5]AB Yes 0AB 1AB
Important: When a range of characters is specified, they must appear in ascending sort order (from lowest to highest), [A-Z] is a valid pattern. [Z-A] is not a valid pattern. No 6AB
[char-list][char-list] Matches multiple ranges. [A-M][0-5] Yes A1 M5
Note: There are no delimiters between ranges. No N6 A9 Z0
[-charlist] Matches itself when it is: [-201] Yes -21
  • At the beginning of a charlist.
 No 33
  • After an exclamation point.
 [ABCD-] Yes ABC-
  • At the end of charlist.
 No DEF