getting Bloomberg update from site

[gcue]

hello.

i am trying to download Bloomberg update from their site. they often change the date format which the update filename contains.

for example last month it was

upgr080711.exe

and this month its

upgr08072011.exe

so i often have to switch this to accomodate

StringRegExp($sHTML, "http://bdn-ak.bloomberg.com/software/trv/bupd\d\d\d\d\d\d.exe", 2)

is there something that will work for both date formats (wether they are 6 digits or 8)?

thanks =)

[kaotkbliss]

I'm not good with StringregExp yet, but I remember something about getting all character between 2 non capture groups which in your example, looks like upgr and .exe

hopefully it helps.

[PowerCat]

My lazy way:

$mark1 = StringinStr($shtml, "software/trv/bupd")

$mark2 = StringinStr($html, ".exe", 0, 1, $mark1)

$url = StringMid($sHTML, $mark1, $mark2 - $mark1)

Then add what you need.

[gcue]

thanks for your help but doesn't it seem a bit messy? wouldnt stringregexp be cleaner and safer?

Edited August 16, 2011 by gcue

[PowerCat]

thanks for your help but doesn't it seem a bit messy? wouldnt stringregexp be cleaner and safer?

Well yes, it's dirty. But it works, right?

[gcue]

this looks to be working!

StringRegExp($sHTML, "http://bdn-ak.bloomberg.com/software/trv/bupd[\d]+.exe", 2)

thanks again for the leads/help