Language Guide

CHAPTER 5

Objects and References

Reference Forms 129

Filter 5

The Filter reference form speciﬁes all objects in a container that match one or

more conditions speciﬁed in a Boolean expression. The Filter reference form

speciﬁes application objects only. It cannot be used to specify values. (For

information about how to use the Filter reference form, refer to the next section,

“Using the Filter Reference Form,” which begins on page 140.)

SYNTAX

referenceToObject ( whose | where ) Boolean

where

referenceToObject is a reference that specifies one or more objects.

Boolean is any Boolean expression.

The words whose and where have the same meaning.

EXAMPLES

The following are some examples of references that use the Filter reference

form. For examples with explanations, see the next section, “Using the Filter

Reference Form,” which begins on page 140.

every paragraph whose first word = last word

first word whose style contains italic

paragraph whose first word = last word

words whose style contains italic

every word whose size > 12 and font = "Palatino"

paragraphs where (count of characters) > 10

every word where it contains "ly"

every word where it  "the"