Hi there, I’m new to Dynamo, and trying to filter out elements (familytypes). I’ve created an excelsheet with the types it needs to filter, I’m using the node: string contains. However, it doesn’t filter correctly. It’s only filtering E001 and E005. But it’s missing E002, E003 and E004. What am I m…

@tomwijnholt check this out: [image] String Replace Two Items Revit Yes the ootb node had some problem for multiple placement…so try to use archilab or clockwork… [filled_2022-02-07_12-36-46]

@Elie.Trad Thanks for the quick response. However I dont need to replace anything. I just want to filter out 5 elements (E001, E002, E003, E004, E005) out of my element list. Is there another node from clockwork that does the trick?

Hello…here is a few options, hope its what you want… [Screenshot 2022-03-15 190754]

Look into List Levels. You need to search for each substring recursively. Right now you’re using Longest lacing and that’s why it’s “skipping” some inputs. If you’re looking for exact matches you could also write a nested conditional (If) statement to check for each substring concurrently.

yeps @Nick_Boyts …think you are right havent seen the levels :wink: and many ways to do it :wink:

Hi @tomwijnholt , You want to check for each item in your list if it contains any of the “SearchFor” inputs. You will have to set the String.Contains node to cross-lacing for that, this means every item in the first list gets matched against every item in the other list, this is exactly what we wa…

HI @Daan Thanks this is great, it works now. Thanks a lot!

@Nick_Boyts I’ve got it working now, thanks a lot!

Filter out elements with string contains

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Elie.Trad March 15, 2022, 5:02pm 2

@tomwijnholt check this out:

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Filter out elements with string contains

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