wildcard characters Definition
Characters used to represent one or more characters of a node or group name. You can use wildcard characters to find a node with the Node Finder, or to create timing assignments and some Fitter assignments with the Assignment Editor.
You can type one or more wildcard characters in the Show assignments for specific nodes list or in the spreadsheet of the Assignment Editor to represent one or more characters of the node name(s) you want to assign. You can also type one or more wildcard characters in the Named box of the Node Finder to represent one or more characters of the node name(s) you want to find.
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Denotes zero or more characters. For example,
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Denotes a single character. For example,
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Wildcard characters are legal assignment characters in timing assignments and some Fitter assignments. Wildcard characters are also legal for point-to-point Global Signal logic option assignments in MAX® II devices and Global Signal and Decrease Input Delay to Internal Cells logic option assignments for supported device ( MAX® II and Stratix® IV) family devices.