How to put wildcard characters in a string?

[Kidney]

So im making a script that organizes TV shows. i have figured most of it out but im trying to find the portion of the title that contains the Season number and Episode number. (ie S01E13)

is there and easy way to search for the "S" and "E" in a string with any 2 random numbers in between them and after the "E"?

 

here is what i tried just as a very wild guess:

Func FindSeasonEpisode($FileName)
    $result = StringInStr($FileName, "S**E**")
    ConsoleWrite($result & @CRLF)
EndFunc

[water]

Please have a look at StringRegExp.

[tester123]

Func FindSeasonEpisode($FileName)    
  $result = StringRegExp ($FileName, "S\d\dE\d\d",0);   
  ConsoleWrite($result & @CRLF)
EndFunc

Try this for For S01E13 d accepts any digit. The helpfile has a detailed list of options you could use

Edited September 18, 2013 by tester123

[Kidney]

to be completely honest water, i would like to use stringregexp but i cant figure it out for the life of me.
if i had an example of how i would use it in this situation then i could probably mess with it enough to do more elaborate things but for now, tester123's solution works for me.
 
 
if you dont mind water, i would really like to see how i would use that function in my situation. if its not too much of a hassle.

 

@tester123 ty ty. this is what i was looking for

 

EDIT: tried the d but im getting a 0 for my results with StringInStr. when i do StringRegExp with the d's i get a 1 which is a match but how do i get the position like i do with StringInStr??

Edited September 18, 2013 by Kidney

[Kidney]

AH HA! i got it! lol

Func FindSeasonEpisode($FileName)
    $result = StringRegExp($FileName, "S\d\dE\d\d", 1)
    ConsoleWrite("StringRegExp " & $result[0] & @CRLF)
    Return $result[0]
EndFunc

changed the mode to 1. but im not sure why it writes it to an array with only one entry..... explain anyone??

[MHz]

Perhaps it is easier to use StringRegExpReplace to do, depending on your task.

$string = 'S01E13 Some episode'
$var = FindSeasonEpisode($string)
MsgBox(0, '$var', $var)

Func FindSeasonEpisode($FileName)
    Return StringRegExpReplace($FileName, "\A\w(\d+)\w(\d+) (.*)", '\1-\2 \3')
EndFunc