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Hi all,

I still suck at regex as always and I need some help. According to the regex tester I normally use this should be working fine but it doesn't....

StringRegExp($sString, "\A[1-9]+[0-9]*(\-[1-9]+[0-9]*)?,*\Z")

I basically want to match:

  • all numbers EXCEPT 0, but including 10, 20, etc
  • with each number separated by a comma
  • and allowing a "-" separated range as a value

For example:

1-5,7,10-12

I've spent a couple hours modifying it but I'm not sure where I've gone wrong. Any help would be appreciated!

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15 minutes ago, mikell said:

?

StringRegExp($str, '^([1-9]+\d*(-[1-9]+\d*)?,?)+$')

 

 

12 minutes ago, jguinch said:
StringRegExp($sString, "^(([1-9]\d*)(?:-(?2))?)(?:,(?1))*$")

 

Thanks you all. I think I see where I went wrong! :)

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What is the most efficient way to ensure that the number after the hyphen is greater than the number before it?  As if you were passing that range to arraydelete or similar where it would be a requirement...

#include<array.au3>

local $arr = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]

$sString = "1-5,7,8-9"

msgbox(0, '' , StringRegExp($sString, "^(([1-9]\d*)(?:-(?2))?)(?:,(?1))*$"))

msgbox(0, '' , StringRegExp($sString, '^([1-9]+\d*(-[1-9]+\d*)?,?)+$'))

_ArrayDelete($arr , stringreplace($sString  , "," , ";"))
_ArrayDisplay($arr)

 

Edited by iamtheky

,-. .--. ________ .-. .-. ,---. ,-. .-. .-. .-.
|(| / /\ \ |\ /| |__ __||| | | || .-' | |/ / \ \_/ )/
(_) / /__\ \ |(\ / | )| | | `-' | | `-. | | / __ \ (_)
| | | __ | (_)\/ | (_) | | .-. | | .-' | | \ |__| ) (
| | | | |)| | \ / | | | | | |)| | `--. | |) \ | |
`-' |_| (_) | |\/| | `-' /( (_)/( __.' |((_)-' /(_|
'-' '-' (__) (__) (_) (__)

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2 hours ago, mikell said:

StringRegExp($str, '^([1-9]+\d*(-[1-9]+\d*)?,?)+$')

Fails. Misses when the final number is > 9 and is followed by - and another number.  For instance, 1-34-5 is matched as 1-3 then 4-5.

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Is it not this simple?...

#include <Array.au3>

Local $str = '1-34,1-5,7,10-12'

Local $aret = StringRegExp($str, '([\d\-]+)(?:,|$)', 3)

_ArrayDisplay($aret)

...ready for my dose of humble pie...

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that scoops up 0 and negatives

#include <Array.au3>

Local $str = '0,1-5,-7,10-12'

msgbox(0, '' , StringRegExp($str, '([\d\-]+)(?:,|$)'))

 

Edited by iamtheky

,-. .--. ________ .-. .-. ,---. ,-. .-. .-. .-.
|(| / /\ \ |\ /| |__ __||| | | || .-' | |/ / \ \_/ )/
(_) / /__\ \ |(\ / | )| | | `-' | | `-. | | / __ \ (_)
| | | __ | (_)\/ | (_) | | .-. | | .-' | | \ |__| ) (
| | | | |)| | \ / | | | | | |)| | `--. | |) \ | |
`-' |_| (_) | |\/| | `-' /( (_)/( __.' |((_)-' /(_|
'-' '-' (__) (__) (_) (__)

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10 hours ago, jchd said:

Fails. Misses when the final number is > 9 and is followed by - and another number.  For instance, 1-34-5 is matched as 1-3 then 4-5.

It doesn't fail if used with the $STR_REGEXPMATCH flag for a simple match/nomatch as intended in post #1
The pattern is inappropriate indeed to extract the results but it was not the initial question

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Just another approach:

#include <Array.au3>

Local $str = '0,1-5,-7,3-4-5,10-12'

$a_RE = StringRegExp($str, '(?:\A|,)([1-9]\d*(?>-[1-9]\d*)?)(?=(?>\Z|,))', 3)
_ArrayDisplay($a_RE)

Edit: Ah - i misunderstood a little bit: You don't want to match - you wan't to check the whole string - right?
Then this is my approach: 

#include <Array.au3>

Local $str = '10,1-5,7,3-5,10-12'

MsgBox(0,"", StringRegExp($str, '\A(?>[1-9]\d*(?>-[1-9]\d*)?,?)*\Z'))

Edit2: Hm - quite the same as mikell's 

Edited by AspirinJunkie
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