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Kyan Universalist

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Hi everyone :)

I trying for more than a hour to get this regular expression right, what I want to do is grab multiple strings inside a table/div on a webpage the problem is to put this to check multiple times for the expressions to capture between (in the example " and "</table")

In this example I'm trying to get all the topic names listed on first page of "General Help and Support" from Autoit forum's but limiting the search/capture between '<table class="ipb_table topic_list hover_rows " summary="Topics In This Forum &quot;General Help and Support&quot;" id="forum_table">' and '</table>'

(I don't know how to paste this tidy, if some one experienced in the mater can share the secret I'll be grateful :) )

#include <Array.au3>
$pg = InetRead("http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/forum/2-general-help-and-support/",1)
If $pg <> '' Then
$exp = '(?i)<table class="ipb_table topic_list hover_rows " summary="Topics In This Forum &quot;General Help and Support&quot;" id="forum_table">.*?'& _
'(?:<a itemprop="url" id=".*?" href=".*?" title="(.*?) - started .*?" class="topic_title">)*?.*?</table>'
$aTopics = StringRegExp(BinaryToString($pg),String($exp),3)
ConsoleWrite(@error&@LF)
_ArrayDisplay($aTopics)
Else
ConsoleWrite("Cannot DL the page"&@LF)
EndIf
Exit

EDIT: Code updated, forgot to add 'BinaryToString' to $pg var

Edited by DiOgO

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Kyan Universalist

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Isn't possible to do it with stringregexp?

Edited by DiOgO

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Nessie Universalist

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Ins't possible to do it with stringregexp?

Try this:

#include <Array.au3>
$bRead = InetRead("http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/forum/2-general-help-and-support/", 1)
If @error Then MsgBox(0, "Error", "Cant download the page")

$sSource = BinaryToString($bRead)

$exp = "<a itemprop=.*title='(.*?) - started"

$aTopics = StringRegExp($sSource, $exp , 3)
_ArrayDisplay($aTopics)

By the way you have to wait at least 24 hour before to bump a topic ;)

To paste tidy code just untoggle the editing mode ;)

Hi!

Edited by Nessie

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Kyan Universalist

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Try this:

#include <Array.au3>
$bRead = InetRead("http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/forum/2-general-help-and-support/", 1)
If @error Then MsgBox(0, "Error", "Cant download the page")

$sSource = BinaryToString($bRead)

$exp = "<a itemprop=.*title='(.*?) - started"

$aTopics = StringRegExp($sSource, $exp , 3)
_ArrayDisplay($aTopics)

By the way you have to wait at least 24 hour before to bump a topic ;)

To paste tidy code just untoggle the editing mode ;)

Hi!

using that way works, but a really want to limit my stringregexp matches within

<table class="ipb_table topic_list hover_rows " summary="Topics In This Forum &quot;General Help and Support&quot;" id="forum_table">

and

</table>

in order to get the correct text since exists 2 tables with different names, but the items class/id are equal

I didn't understand 'untoggle the editing mode', can you explain? are you talking about Full Editor mode?

Sorry, forgot about that part :s, yesterday a got to bed late, tonight it must be different :ermm:

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Nessie Universalist

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in order to get the correct text since exists 2 tables with different names, but the items class/id are equal

I didn't understand 'untoggle the editing mode', can you explain? are you talking about Full Editor mode?

Sorry, forgot about that part :s, yesterday a got to bed late, tonight it must be different :ermm:

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Just disable this and your code will be ok.

For the regex just wait a minute that i will look in the source code ;)

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Kyan Universalist

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Just disable this and your code will be ok.

For the regex just wait a minute that i will look in the source code ;)

Hi!

test:

#include <Array.au3>
$pg = InetRead("http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/forum/2-general-help-and-support/", 1)
If $pg <> '' Then
    $exp = '(?i)<table class="ipb_table topic_list hover_rows " summary="Topics In This Forum &quot;General Help and Support&quot;" id="forum_table">.*?' & _
            '(?:<a itemprop="url" id=".*?" href=".*?" title="(.*?) - started .*?" class="topic_title">)*?.*?</table>'
    $aTopics = StringRegExp(BinaryToString($pg), String($exp), 3)
    ConsoleWrite(@error & @LF)
    _ArrayDisplay($aTopics)
Else
    ConsoleWrite("Cannot DL the page" & @LF)
EndIf
Exit

okey :D

EDIT: It works, now autoit code is tidy, thank you Nessie :)

Edited by DiOgO

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Nessie Universalist

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test:

#include <Array.au3>
$pg = InetRead("http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/forum/2-general-help-and-support/", 1)
If $pg <> '' Then
$exp = '(?i)<table class="ipb_table topic_list hover_rows " summary="Topics In This Forum &quot;General Help and Support&quot;" id="forum_table">.*?' & _
'(?:<a itemprop="url" id=".*?" href=".*?" title="(.*?) - started .*?" class="topic_title">)*?.*?</table>'
$aTopics = StringRegExp(BinaryToString($pg), String($exp), 3)
ConsoleWrite(@error & @LF)
_ArrayDisplay($aTopics)
Else
ConsoleWrite("Cannot DL the page" & @LF)
EndIf
Exit

okey :D

EDIT: It works, now autoit code is tidy, thank you Nessie :)

Glad to help you. By the way i dont see duplicate table on the source of General Help and Support. So why overcomplicate the regex?

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Kyan Universalist

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Glad to help you. By the way i dont see duplicate table on the source of General Help and Support. So why overcomplicate the regex?

Hi!

on the sorce of Genereral Help n' support not but here there's one: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/same-trailer-different-park/id604129427 :)

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Nessie Universalist

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on the sorce of Genereral Help n' support not but here there's one: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/same-trailer-different-park/id604129427 :)

so you need a regex to grab the album track from itunes? I really dont have understand how in the world now we are talking of itunes :D

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Kyan Universalist

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so you need a regex to grab the album track from itunes? I really dont have understand how in the world now we are talking of itunes :D

Hi!

yup, but there's 2 tables with the same item ID/class name

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Nessie Universalist

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You only need the name?

Hi!

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Kyan Universalist

Kyan

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You only need the name?

Hi!

could be, but for the rest, the sre is similar, I don't want to give much work :)

Heroes, there is no such thing

One day I'll discover what IE.au3 has of special for so many users using it.
C'mon there's InetRead and WinHTTP, way betterhappy.png

Kyan Universalist

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so you didn't manage to do it with regular expressions :(

seems I need to go back to the old stringmid +stringrexp :s

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One day I'll discover what IE.au3 has of special for so many users using it.
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