Filter for similar names

If you have different samples in a sequence, and the samples names differ only by a number (for example, "Sample 1", "Sample 2", "Sample 3" etc.), you can filter for those similar sample names using the Contains operator together with wildcards:

Expression

Operation

Value

=Sample_Name

Contains

="*Sample*"

This filter returns all samples that contain "Sample" in their name.

The following wildcards are available:

  • ? matches any single character.

  • * matches any number of adjacent characters.