UltraEdit scripting using JavaScript and wildcards -

i have program using combination of javascript , ultraedit scripting. program has array of strings search in file/tab. if found, moves corresponding lines new file/tab. when using exact match works great.

however, source values not exact matches. values in file ######-## values after dash vary. have value dash. attempted build wildcard array values, , i've attempted concatenate .find function no success. thoughts appreciated.

here code i'm executing script within ultraedit. i've truncated array 50 values contained purpose of demonstration.

// start @ beginning of file ultraedit.activedocument.top();  // search string variable used copying of lines //dd011881 - building array of values var delstring = new array() delstring[0] = "'99999999'"; delstring[1] = "'169-*'"; delstring[2] = "'5482-*'"; delstring[3] = "'5998-*'"; delstring[4] = "'36226-*'"; delstring[5] = "'215021-*'";   // array loop value var x = 0; var arraylen = delstring.length  // start nothing on clipboard ultraedit.clearclipboard();  (x=0; x<arraylen; x++) {      // establish our search string loop condition     var bfound = false;      while (ultraedit.activedocument.findreplace.find(delstring[x])){          ultraedit.activedocument.selectline();         ultraedit.activedocument.copyappend("^c" + "\n");         bfound = true;     }      ultraedit.activedocument.top();     if (bfound) {         ultraedit.document[6].paste();         ultraedit.activedocument.top();         ultraedit.clearclipboard();     } } // loop 

in ultraedit script want run ultraedit regular expression find in while loop, have never set regular expression engine nor find parameter. script executing find internal defaults finds (case-insensitive, non-regular expression search downwards, not matching whole words perl regular expression engine selected).

insert in ultraedit script below command ultraedit.clearclipboard(); following lines:

ultraedit.uereon(); ultraedit.activedocument.findreplace.mode = 0; ultraedit.activedocument.findreplace.matchcase = true; ultraedit.activedocument.findreplace.matchword = false; ultraedit.activedocument.findreplace.regexp = true; ultraedit.activedocument.findreplace.searchdown = true;  if (typeof(ultraedit.activedocument.findreplace.searchincolumn) == "boolean") {      ultraedit.activedocument.findreplace.searchincolumn = false; } 

now ultraedit regular expression selected script , find parameters set running case-sensitive (faster) regular expression search.

and please remove "^c" + "\n" command ultraedit.activedocument.copyappend() command not take parameter. command above, entire line including line termination selected , selection appended clipboard, not string put parentheses of command copyappend().