evorlet Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 (edited) Hi everyone, im new to autoit and i've just had a problem about string parsing, i dont know how to use the '[...]' together with a group of characters. here's my code :I want to retrieve the name of the street, there're the words "st ,rd, ave, circ..." after the names of the streets. So i'll get the string before those words:Global $address = StringRegExp('540 HOWARD AVE, SAINT JOSEPH', '(.*?)[(ST)(RD)(AVE)]',1) msgbox(0,"",$address[0])The problem is in the part [(ST)(RD)(AVE)] , but i cant figure out any other way to this expressionPlease help Edited December 6, 2011 by evorlet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted December 6, 2011 Moderators Share Posted December 6, 2011 (edited) evorlet, Welcome to the AutoIt forum. This works for me: #include <array.au3> $sList = "540 TOM AVE, SAINT JOSEPH" & @CRLF & _ "725 DICK ST, ST ARTHUR" & @CRLF & _ "34 HARRY RD, NEMPNETT" $aRet = StringRegExp($sList, "(?U)(?:d+x20)(.+)(?:x20[AVE|RD|ST])", 3) _ArrayDisplay($aRet) SRE expanation: (?U) - Look for the shortest match (?:d+x20) - Look for, but do not capture, several digits followed by a space (.+) - Capture all the characters until... (?:x20[AVE|RD|ST]) - You find a space followed by AVE, RD or ST, which is not captured All clear? M23 Edit: See below for better versions. Edited December 6, 2011 by Melba23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 (edited) Sorry to pick you up Melba, [AVE|RD|ST] should be (?:AVE|RD|ST) | has no special meaning inside [...] sets, so I imagine you are only actually matching one character. Edited December 6, 2011 by Mat AutoIt Project Listing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted December 6, 2011 Moderators Share Posted December 6, 2011 (edited) Mat, Good spot - I get caught out by that quite often. But now I find you need to separate the second space like this: (?U)(?:d+x20)(.+)(?:x20)(?:AVE|RD|ST) Unless you know of a way to keep the 2 parts together? M23 P.S. And please do not feel the need to apologise - if I am wrong I am wrong (as I often am)! Edited December 6, 2011 by Melba23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Well... You could simplify it a bit as there are some non-matching groups that could just be removed, and x20 is space: d+s(.+?)s(?:AVE|RD|ST) That's how I'd write it anyway. I guess it's down to personal preference. AutoIt Project Listing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted December 6, 2011 Moderators Share Posted December 6, 2011 Mat,personal preferenceSo true when it comes to SREs. Have a good day. M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evorlet Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 Thanks you very much guys, all your methods worked out very well. I'd like all your post if i could Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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