AutID Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Hello, I have some strings and they are foramtted like this: random1 - some random text random2 - some other random text againrandom - again random text etc...etc How can i delete everything from the minus sign and behind? so a line like this: randomstart - some other random things become randomstart. I know this must be easy but i never understood @replaces. Cheers https://iblockify.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 This will work #include <Array.au3> $a = "randomstart - some other random things become randomstart." $array = StringSplit($a,"-") _ArrayDisplay($array,"$array") MsgBox(0,"Desired",$array[1]) REB MEASURE TWICE - CUT ONCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixXL Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Example with Regex #include <Array.au3> $a = "randomstart - some other random things become randomstart." & @CRLF & "random2 - something more of random" $Result = StringRegExp($a, "(?m)^([^ \-]+)", 3) _ArrayDisplay($Result, "Result") My code: PredictText: Predict Text of an Edit Control Like Scite. Remote Gmail: Execute your Scripts through Gmail. StringRegExp:Share and learn RegExp.Run As System: A command line wrapper around PSEXEC.exe to execute your apps scripts as System (LSA). Database: An easier approach for _SQ_LITE beginners. MathsEx: A UDF for Fractions and LCM, GCF/HCF. FloatingText: An UDF for make your text floating. Clipboard Extendor: A clipboard monitoring tool. Custom ScrollBar: Scroll Bar made with GDI+, user can use bitmaps instead. RestrictEdit_SRE: Restrict text in an Edit Control through a Regular Expression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Malkey Posted January 20, 2014 Solution Share Posted January 20, 2014 Using StringRegExpReplace example. Local $a = "randomstart - some other random things become randomstart." & @CRLF & _ "random2 - something more of random" & @CRLF & _ "againrandom - again random text" & @CRLF & _ "etc...etc" ; Match everything you want to delete. ; \h* - Match all horizontal white spaces before a minus sign (if any Horiz. white spaces exist), ; - - match the minus sign, and ; \V* - match all non-vertical white space characters (if any non-vert. white spaces exist). ; and replace the entire match with nothing. $Result = StringRegExpReplace($a, "\h*-\V*", "") ;or ;$Result = StringRegExpReplace($a, "(?m)\h*-.*$", "") ; Using (?m) Multiline: ^ and $ matching start and end of line. ConsoleWrite($Result & @LF) #cs Returns:- randomstart random2 againrandom etc...etc #ce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AutID Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 Thank you everyone. I wanted to avoid using stringsplit. Malkey's solution seems the best one that fits to my needs. https://iblockify.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Thank you everyone. I wanted to avoid using stringsplit. Malkey's solution seems the best one that fits to my needs. I enjoy regular expressions, but avoiding StringSplit() with no reason as to why is kind of silly. UDF List: _AdapterConnections() • _AlwaysRun() • _AppMon() • _AppMonEx() • _ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce • _BinaryBin() • _CheckMsgBox() • _CmdLineRaw() • _ContextMenu() • _ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor() • _DesktopDimensions() • _DisplayPassword() • _DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload() • _Fibonacci() • _FileCompare() • _FileCompareContents() • _FileNameByHandle() • _FilePrefix/SRE() • _FindInFile() • _GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor() • _GetConrolID() • _GetCtrlClass() • _GetDirectoryFormat() • _GetDriveMediaType() • _GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt() • _GetHardwareID() • _GetIP() • _GetIP_Country() • _GetOSLanguage() • _GetSavedSource() • _GetStringSize() • _GetSystemPaths() • _GetURLImage() • _GIFImage() • _GoogleWeather() • _GUICtrlCreateGroup() • _GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveXML() • _GUICtrlMenu_Recent() • _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage() • _GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray() • _GUIDisable() • _GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle() • _GUIRegisterMsg() • _GUISetIcon() • _Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set() • _IdleTime() • _InetGet() • _InetGetGUI() • _InetGetProgress() • _IPDetails() • _IsFileOlder() • _IsGUID() • _IsHex() • _IsPalindrome() • _IsRegKey() • _IsStringRegExp() • _IsSystemDrive() • _IsUPX() • _IsValidType() • _IsWebColor() • _Language() • _Log() • _MicrosoftInternetConnectivity() • _MSDNDataType() • _PathFull/GetRelative/Split() • _PathSplitEx() • _PrintFromArray() • _ProgressSetMarquee() • _ReDim() • _RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock() • _ScrollingCredits • _SelfDelete() • _SelfRename() • _SelfUpdate() • _SendTo() • _ShellAll() • _ShellFile() • _ShellFolder() • _SingletonHWID() • _SingletonPID() • _Startup() • _StringCompact() • _StringIsValid() • _StringRegExpMetaCharacters() • _StringReplaceWholeWord() • _StringStripChars() • _Temperature() • _TrialPeriod() • _UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate() • _WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE() • _WinAPI_CreateGUID() • _WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString() • Au3 script parsing • AutoIt Search • AutoIt3 Portable • AutoIt3WrapperToPragma • AutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle() • Coding • DirToHTML5 • FileInstallr • FileReadLastChars() • GeoIP database • GUI - Only Close Button • GUI Examples • GUICtrlDeleteImage() • GUICtrlGetBkColor() • GUICtrlGetStyle() • GUIEvents • GUIGetBkColor() • Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse() • IsISBN() • LockFile() • Mapping CtrlIDs • OOP in AutoIt • ParseHeadersToSciTE() • PasswordValid • PasteBin • Posts Per Day • PreExpand • Protect Globals • Queue() • Resource Update • ResourcesEx • SciTE Jump • Settings INI • SHELLHOOK • Shunting-Yard • Signature Creator • Stack() • Stopwatch() • StringAddLF()/StringStripLF() • StringEOLToCRLF() • VSCROLL • WM_COPYDATA • More Examples... Updated: 22/04/2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AutID Posted January 21, 2014 Author Share Posted January 21, 2014 (edited) I enjoy regular expressions, but avoiding StringSplit() with no reason as to why is kind of silly. Silly things are for silly people, which i am not. But i am not sure if someone else here is. Since i am avoiding it there is a reason. And i didn't feel that i should explain it. But if you can't live with that then i will let you know. I don't want to turn a string into an array without having to. And that is also the reason why i marked Malkey's solution as solved and not Phoenixs' since they are both regular expressions. Edited January 21, 2014 by AutID https://iblockify.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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