stringregexp string has parentheses

[Hawkwing]

I think I understand the basics of stringregexp, thanks to neogia's guide, but what if the test string has parentheses?

So if the test string is "test(#)", and I want to have a pattern like "test([1-9])" how do I do that?

[BrettF]

Hi There!

This is what I came up with first, but we have a very obvious problem. It only returns what is between the parentheses.

Dim $test[6]
$test[0] = 5
$test[1] = "Test (100)"
$test[2] = "Test (200)"
$test[3] = "Test (300)"
$test[4] = "Test (a400)"
$test[5] = "Test (500)"

For $x = 1 To $test[0]
    $array = StringRegExp($test[$x], "Test \((.*?)\)", 3)

    For $i = 0 To UBound($array) - 1
        MsgBox(0, "RegExp Test with Option 2 - " & $i, $array[$i])
    Next
Next

So I refined the pattern to only return digits:

Dim $test[6]
$test[0] = 5
$test[1] = "Test (100)"
$test[2] = "Test (200)"
$test[3] = "Test (300)"
$test[4] = "Test (a400)"
$test[5] = "Test (500)"

For $x = 1 To $test[0]
    $array = StringRegExp($test[$x], "Test \((\d.*?)\)", 3)

    For $i = 0 To UBound($array) - 1
        MsgBox(0, "RegExp Test with Option 2 - " & $i, $array[$i])
    Next
Next

I'm sure someone will come along with a better regular expression, but I hope this helps somewhat...

Cheers,

Brett

[Hawkwing]

Thanks! Just went to the helpfile and found out what \ was for, should have done that before I posted