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I have this kind of source data:

TEST1   2013-02-08  some text
TEST1   2013-2-08   some text
TEST1   2013-01-15  some text
TEST1   2013-01-15  some text
TEST1   2013-01-03  some text
TEST2   2013-1-17   some text
TEST2   2013-1-18   some text
TEST2   2013-1-21   some text
 
I wondered how using SRE add a new line, but only at the point where the difference in the first word, ie in the present case, separate lines starting with TEST1 from the line starting with TEST2 
 
Can someone give me a hint?

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mLipok,

Why use an SRE - I see no advantage here. Read the file into an array, run through it until you find a changeover point, insert the new line, and then save the new array. ;)

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You light up my mind as a light bulb  :idea:

Thanks.

I just use your idea.

But the question is still interesting for me. 
As someone who has a solution for RegExp I would be grateful.

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When I first started learning about SREs, GEOSoft gave me the best piece of advice I ever got concerning them - "learn when not to use them". I now pass the same advice on to you (and anyone else reading). :)

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Not so long ago I read the same "golden idea" / anecdote from another member.
 
Just tell me if by this time the idea in your case, turned out to be right.

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Yes ... absolutely

Why do it simple when it can be complicated ?

$txt = _
"TEST1   2013-02-08  some text" & @crlf & _
"TEST1   2013-2-08   some text" & @crlf & _
"TEST1   2013-01-15  some text" & @crlf & _
"TEST2   2013-01-15  some text" & @crlf & _
"TEST2   2013-01-03  some text" & @crlf & _
"TEST3   2013-1-17   some text" & @crlf & _
"TEST4   2013-1-18   some text" & @crlf & _
"TEST4   2013-1-19   some text" & @crlf & _
"TEST5   2013-1-21   some text"

$txt = StringRegExpReplace($txt, '((?<=\v)(\S+).+\R(?!\2))', '$1' & @crlf )

Msgbox(0,"", $txt)

Melba, read and agreed :)

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Super 
Thanks a lot. 
I am grateful.
 
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A fine adjustment needed.

Because of this "(?<=v)(S+)", the first line will not match because it does not have a preceeding vertical white space. Therefore, when using this post's example's test data, "StringRegExpReplace($txt, '((?<=v)(S+).+R(?!2))', '$1' & @crlf )" would fail to put an extra newline after the first line.
Otherwise it works great.

Local $txt = _
        "TEST1   2013-02-08  some text" & @CRLF & _
        "TEST2   2013-2-08   some text" & @CRLF & _
        "TEST2   2013-01-15  some text" & @CRLF & _
        "TEST2   2013-01-15  some text" & @CRLF & _
        "TEST2   2013-01-03  some text" & @LF & _
        "TEST3   2013-1-17   some text" & @LF & _
        "TEST4   2013-1-18   some text" & @LF & _
        "TEST4   2013-1-19   some text" & @LF & _
        "TEST5   2013-1-21   some text"

;$txt = StringRegExpReplace($txt, '(((?<=\v)\S+)\N+\R(?!\2))',  '$1' & @crlf )
$txt = StringRegExpReplace($txt, '(?m)((^\S+)\V+\R(?!\2))', '$1' & @CRLF)

ConsoleWrite($txt & @LF)
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I worked a bit on this and I wanted do a little more complicated task. 
But unfortunately I lost. 
 
Here is What I trying:
Source string is a content copied from XLS.
Column are separated by @TAB. 
First column ie. TEST1 or TEST2 can contain whitechar.
 
 
Local $txt = ''
$txt &= "TEST1   2013-02-08  some text" & @CRLF 
; HERE I want to add new line
$txt &= "TEST 2   2013-2-08   some text" & @CRLF
$txt &= "TEST 2   2013-01-15  some text" & @CRLF
$txt &= "TEST 2   2013-01-15  some text" & @CRLF
$txt &= "TEST 2   2013-01-03  some text" & @LF
; HERE I want to add new line
$txt &= "TEST3   2013-1-17   some text" & @LF
; HERE I want to add new line
$txt &= "TEST4   2013-1-17   some text" & @LF
$txt &= "TEST4   2013-1-18   some text" & @LF
$txt &= "TEST4   2013-1-18   some text" & @LF
; HERE I want to add new line
$txt &= "TEST5   2013-1-21   some text" & @LF
$txt &= "TEST5   2013-1-21   some text" & @CRLF
; HERE I want to add new line
$txt &= "TEST 5   2013-1-21   some text" & @LF

;$txt = StringRegExpReplace($txt, '(((?<=\v)\S+)\N+\R(?!\2))',  '$1' & @crlf )
$txt = StringRegExpReplace($txt, '((?<=\v|^)(\S+).+\R(?!\2))',  '$1' & @crlf )

ConsoleWrite($txt & @LF)

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The correction to do is really a minor one, simple adaptation to new circumstances

Here you only need to match non-tab characters in the first group

Local $txt = ''
$txt &= "TEST1" &@TAB& "2013-02-08" &@TAB& "some text" & @CRLF 
; HERE I want to add new line
$txt &= "TEST 2" &@TAB& "2013-2-08" &@TAB& "some text" & @CRLF
$txt &= "TEST 2" &@TAB& "2013-01-15" &@TAB& "some text" & @CRLF
$txt &= "TEST 2" &@TAB& "2013-01-15" &@TAB& "some text" & @CRLF
$txt &= "TEST 2" &@TAB& "2013-01-03" &@TAB& "some text" & @LF
; HERE I want to add new line
$txt &= "TEST3" &@TAB& "2013-1-17" &@TAB& "some text" & @LF
; HERE I want to add new line
$txt &= "TEST4" &@TAB& "2013-1-17" &@TAB& "some text" & @LF
$txt &= "TEST4" &@TAB& "2013-1-18" &@TAB& "some text" & @LF
$txt &= "TEST4" &@TAB& "2013-1-18" &@TAB& "some text" & @LF
; HERE I want to add new line
$txt &= "TEST5" &@TAB& "2013-1-21" &@TAB& "some text" & @LF
$txt &= "TEST5" &@TAB& "2013-1-21" &@TAB& "some text" & @CRLF
; HERE I want to add new line
$txt &= "TEST 5" &@TAB& "2013-1-21" &@TAB& "some text" 

$txt = StringRegExpReplace($txt, '((?<=\v|^)([^\t]+).+\R(?!\2))', '$1' & @crlf )
Msgbox(0,"", $txt)

Or this using Malkey's code

$txt = StringRegExpReplace($txt, '(?m)((^[^\t]+)\V+\R(?!\2))', '$1' & @CRLF)
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mikell,

Well done. :thumbsup:

It seems I was once again too pessimistic about the capabilities of RegExes. But if you add in the time it would have taken me to develop a pattern like that (close to the known age of the universe I expect ;)) using an SRE would have taken longer for me than my initial suggestion! :D

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The correction to do is really a minor one, simple adaptation to new circumstances

Here you only need to match non-tab characters in the first group

Local $txt = ''
$txt &= "TEST1" &@TAB& "2013-02-08" &@TAB& "some text" & @CRLF 
; HERE I want to add new line
$txt &= "TEST 2" &@TAB& "2013-2-08" &@TAB& "some text" & @CRLF
$txt &= "TEST 2" &@TAB& "2013-01-15" &@TAB& "some text" & @CRLF
$txt &= "TEST 2" &@TAB& "2013-01-15" &@TAB& "some text" & @CRLF
$txt &= "TEST 2" &@TAB& "2013-01-03" &@TAB& "some text" & @LF
; HERE I want to add new line
$txt &= "TEST3" &@TAB& "2013-1-17" &@TAB& "some text" & @LF
; HERE I want to add new line
$txt &= "TEST4" &@TAB& "2013-1-17" &@TAB& "some text" & @LF
$txt &= "TEST4" &@TAB& "2013-1-18" &@TAB& "some text" & @LF
$txt &= "TEST4" &@TAB& "2013-1-18" &@TAB& "some text" & @LF
; HERE I want to add new line
$txt &= "TEST5" &@TAB& "2013-1-21" &@TAB& "some text" & @LF
$txt &= "TEST5" &@TAB& "2013-1-21" &@TAB& "some text" & @CRLF
; HERE I want to add new line
$txt &= "TEST 5" &@TAB& "2013-1-21" &@TAB& "some text" 

$txt = StringRegExpReplace($txt, '((?<=\v|^)([^\t]+).+\R(?!\2))', '$1' & @crlf )
Msgbox(0,"", $txt)

Or this using Malkey's code

$txt = StringRegExpReplace($txt, '(?m)((^[^\t]+)\V+\R(?!\2))', '$1' & @CRLF)

 

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mikell,

Well done. :thumbsup:

It seems I was once again too pessimistic about the capabilities of RegExes. But if you add in the time it would have taken me to develop a pattern like that (close to the known age of the universe I expect ;)) using an SRE would have taken longer for me than my initial suggestion! :D

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I will try to do tonight benchmarking performance.

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But if you add in the time it would have taken me to develop a pattern like that (close to the known age of the universe I expect ;)) using an SRE would have taken longer for me than my initial suggestion! :D

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Melba,

Really too pessimistic about yourself !

Although you precisely described the purpose of this forum, didn't you ? :)

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Another fine adjustment needed.

When the test data has a trailing linefeed as in mLipok's example of post #11, another additional linefeed is added. So "|z"is added to the RE pattern to stop the additional trailing linefeed being added to the output.

Local $txt = ''
$txt &= "TEST1"  & @TAB & "2013-02-08" & @TAB & "some text" & @CRLF
; HERE I want to add new line
$txt &= "TEST 2" & @TAB & "2013-2-08" & @TAB & "some text" & @CRLF
$txt &= "TEST 2" & @TAB & "2013-01-15" & @TAB & "some text" & @CRLF
$txt &= "TEST 2" & @TAB & "2013-01-15" & @TAB & "some text" & @CRLF
$txt &= "TEST 2" & @TAB & "2013-01-03" & @TAB & "some text" & @LF
; HERE I want to add new line
$txt &= "TEST3"  & @TAB & "2013-1-17" & @TAB & "some text" & @LF
; HERE I want to add new line
$txt &= "TEST4"  & @TAB & "2013-1-17" & @TAB & "some text" & @LF
$txt &= "TEST4"  & @TAB & "2013-1-18" & @TAB & "some text" & @LF
$txt &= "TEST4"  & @TAB & "2013-1-18" & @TAB & "some text" & @LF
; HERE I want to add new line
$txt &= "TEST5"  & @TAB & "2013-1-21" & @TAB & "some text" & @LF
$txt &= "TEST5"  & @TAB & "2013-1-21" & @TAB & "some text" & @CRLF
; HERE I want to add new line
$txt &= "TEST 5" & @TAB & "2013-1-21" & @TAB & "some text" & @LF

;$txt = StringRegExpReplace($txt, '((?<=\v|^)([^\t]+).+\R(?!\2))', '$1' & @crlf )    ; mikell's original
;$txt = StringRegExpReplace($txt, '((?<=\v|^)([^\t]+).+\R(?!\2|\z))', '$1' & @crlf ) ;  mikell's corrected for trailing @LF.
$txt = StringRegExpReplace($txt, '(?m)((^[^\t]+)\V+\R(?!\2|\z))', '$1' & @CRLF)      ; Malkey's corrected for trailing @LF.

ConsoleWrite($txt & @LF)

 

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Exactly the same issue.

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