dropoff510 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 I want to have SRE search for a word(and other symbols) and then after, skip over everything until it finds a specific symbol, namely ")" StringRegExp($1, '(Word)([0-9]{1,3})(?:\x2e|\x29|\x3b)', 3) This is my code, I have figured out all the word and other symbols/Numbers, i just want to have it skip everything until it finds the ")" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchd Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) Then this should work by matching up to the first (not last) closing parenthesis (after your word, digits and symbols): StringRegExp($1, '(Word)([0-9]{1,3})(?:x2e|x29|x3b).*?)', 3) Simpler version: StringRegExp($1, '(Word)([0-9]{1,3})[.);].*?)', 3) Edited February 25, 2012 by jchd This wonderful site allows debugging and testing regular expressions (many flavors available). An absolute must have in your bookmarks.Another excellent RegExp tutorial. Don't forget downloading your copy of up-to-date pcretest.exe and pcregrep.exe hereRegExp tutorial: enough to get startedPCRE v8.33 regexp documentation latest available release and currently implemented in AutoIt beta. SQLitespeed is another feature-rich premier SQLite manager (includes import/export). Well worth a try.SQLite Expert (freeware Personal Edition or payware Pro version) is a very useful SQLite database manager.An excellent eBook covering almost every aspect of SQLite3: a must-read for anyone doing serious work.SQL tutorial (covers "generic" SQL, but most of it applies to SQLite as well)A work-in-progress SQLite3 tutorial. Don't miss other LxyzTHW pages!SQLite official website with full documentation (may be newer than the SQLite library that comes standard with AutoIt) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ProgAndy Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 In this simple regex, you should avoid the non-greedy operator, this should result in faster execution. StringRegExp($1, '(Word)([0-9]{1,3})[.);][^)]*)', 3) *GERMAN* [note: you are not allowed to remove author / modified info from my UDFs]My UDFs:[_SetImageBinaryToCtrl] [_TaskDialog] [AutoItObject] [Animated GIF (GDI+)] [ClipPut for Image] [FreeImage] [GDI32 UDFs] [GDIPlus Progressbar] [Hotkey-Selector] [Multiline Inputbox] [MySQL without ODBC] [RichEdit UDFs] [SpeechAPI Example] [WinHTTP]UDFs included in AutoIt: FTP_Ex (as FTPEx), _WinAPI_SetLayeredWindowAttributes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dropoff510 Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 I used a different way that i figured out that seems to work because i needed to also stop an ")" ";" "." and any letter. SringRegExp(Word)(.?*)(?:x2e|x29|x3b|[a-z]|[A-Z]) I know that it is a more complex way of doing it, but it makes more sence in my mind. I used .?* which works fine except if, ")" ";" "." or letter, is on a newline. i tried using ?s?* but then it doesn't return anything. What should i use? I'm not sure what you mean by non-greedy operators, the execution is already very fast. Thanks for the advice though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robjong Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I think you are looking for something like this StringRegExp($1, '(Word)([^.);a-zA-Z]+)', 3) or if you do not need to match the word it self you could do StringRegExp($1, 'Word([^.);a-zA-Z]+)', 3) If that is not what you need then please post a sample of the subject to match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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