String Manipulation (RegEX ??) question

[michaelslamet]

I have this string:

[Never delete this]And this and dont delete this too

I would like to delete and keep the rest (which is "[Never delete this]And this and dont delete this too")

So basicly I would like to delete anything that start with ""

Second question: Without delete "" I would like to add space (if there is no space) after the "]"

so the final string will become: [Never delete this]And this and dont delete this too

(note there is a space between "]" and word "and" on the final string)

How could I do that?

Thank you very much

 

Edit: added second question

Edited October 24, 2013 by michaelslamet

[kylomas]

Hi ms, long time no talk...

Try this...

local $str = '[Never delete this]And this [url="http://OnlyDeleteThis.com"]and dont delete this too'
ConsoleWrite(stringregexpreplace($str,'(.*)\[url=.*\](.*)','$1 $2') & @LF)

kylomas

edit: additional info

If the pattern to delete occurs multiple times in the string then try this... 

local $str = '[Never delete this]And this [url="http://OnlyDeleteThis.com"]and dont delete this too'
 $str &= '[some more text to not delete]And this [url="http://2ND one to delete.com"]keep the end also'
ConsoleWrite(stringregexpreplace($str,'\[url=[^\]]+\]',' ') & @LF)

Edited October 24, 2013 by kylomas

[michaelslamet]

Hi Kylomas,

Yes, quite a long time

Yes, the pattern is repeated and the second code works great.

I spend some times trying to figure out how to make the first code working on repeated pattern,

but seems I need to improve my skill and bump, like you can read my mind, you post the second code

Thanks a lot, Kylomas

[kylomas]

Great, I'm glad it worked.

Enjoy your beautiful island...

kylomas

edit: spelling

Edited October 24, 2013 by kylomas