You're dealing with strings - needs to be within quotes...
      AND StrLeft(Name(),1) != "~";
  
  Lal
  Yuki Taga <yukitaga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
          I want to filter out all symbols from an exploration that begin with
  a special character (anything other than a numeral from 1 to 9,
  actually).
  
  I get a syntax error when I try:
  
  AND StrLeft(Name(),1) != ~;
  
  at the end of my filter statement.  Can someone clarify my obvious
  misunderstanding?
  
  Yuki