RegExp Multiline Comments

[seadoggie01]

I'm trying to capture everything after a "#ToDo" in my scripts. I got that like this:

(?i)[^\v]*#todo(.*)

But then I thought it would be nice to use underscores to continue the ToDo... kind of like this:

#ToDo: This is a really long explanation about something _
# that is very in-depth and needs to take up a lot of _
# space in a ToDo comment
Global $variables = "Bad"

I can't seem to capture everything... and maybe I'm trying to do too much with Regex... I keep trying variations of this:

Condensed Version:
(?im)[^\v]*#todo(?:([^\v]*)_\s*)*#([^\v]*)

Expanded with comments
(?ixm)(?# Ignore case, ignore newlines in Regex, use multiline option)#
[^\v]*(?# Match leading space/s)#
\#todo(?# Match the #todo)#
(?:([^\v]*)_\s*)*(?# Match lines ending with _)#
\#([^\v]*)(?# Last line only, no _'s)#

I never seem to be able to build an array well with Regex... I saw something once about not being able to capture repeated patterns, and I think that's my issue

[jchd]

Would that fit?

Local $s = "#include <Inet.au3>" & @CRLF & _
            "#ToDo: This is a really long explanation about something _" & @CRLF & _
            "# that is very in-depth and needs to take up a lot of _" & @CRLF & _
            "# space in a ToDo comment" & @CRLF & _
            'Global $variables = "Bad"' & @CRLF & _
            "#ToDo: This is another long explanation about something _" & @CRLF & _
            "# that is very in-depth and needs to take up a lot of space in a ToDo comment" & @CRLF & _
            "#include <IE.au3>"

Local $aToDo = StringRegExp($s, "(?im)^\h*(#todo:(?:.* +_\R)*(?:.* *\R))", 3)

For $c In $aToDo
    ConsoleWrite($c & @LF)
Next

 

[seadoggie01]

Wow. Thank you! I think I see what my problem was... kind of  I was trying to capture just the comment, instead of everything after the #ToDo until the end. I like that you put the colon in after #ToDo, it looks better.

[mikell]

Sometimes using a first step just before the main regex can make the thingy sooo easy...

Local $s = "#include <Inet.au3>" & @CRLF & _
            "#ToDo: This is a really long explanation about something _" & @CRLF & _
            "# that is very in-depth and needs to take up a lot of _" & @CRLF & _
            "# space in a ToDo comment" & @CRLF & _
            'Global $variables = "Bad"' & @CRLF & _
            "#ToDo: This is another long explanation about something _" & @CRLF & _
            "# that is very in-depth and needs to take up a lot of space in a ToDo comment" & @CRLF & _
            "#include <IE.au3>"

$r1 = StringRegExpReplace($s, '\h*_\h*\R#\h*', " ")
Msgbox(0,"", $r1)

[jchd]

@mikell we don't seem to have understood the same request 🙄

I know I'm getting picky, but :

Local $s = "#include <Inet.au3>" & @CRLF & _
            "#blah_" & @CRLF & _
            "#blah_" & @CRLF & _
            "# ..._" & @CRLF & _
            "#   blah _" & @CRLF & _
            "#ToDo: This is a really long explanation about something _" & @CRLF & _
            "# that is very in-depth and needs to take up a lot of _" & @CRLF & _
            "# space in a ToDo comment" & @CRLF & _
            "#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Comment=Blah blah _" & @CRLF & _
            "#include <WinAPI.au3>" & @CRLF & _
            'Global $variables = "Bad"' & @CRLF & _
            "#ToDo: This is another long explanation about something _" & @CRLF & _
            "# that is very in-depth and needs to take up a lot of space" & @CRLF & _
            "#include <IE.au3>" & @CRLF & _
            "#ToDo: This is the last long explanation about something _" & @CRLF & _
            "# that is very boring"

$r1 = StringRegExpReplace($s, '\h*_\h*\R#\h*', " ")
Msgbox(0,"", $r1)

 

[mikell]

5 hours ago, jchd said:

we don't seem to have understood the same request

We had... maybe. Isn't the content of the ToDo comments to be grabbed ?
I only meant that doing this in 2 steps makes the job much easier, and the 2nd step was so obvious that I didn't write it

Local $s = "#include <Inet.au3>" & @CRLF & _
            "#blah_" & @CRLF & _
            "#blah_" & @CRLF & _
            "# ..._" & @CRLF & _
            "#   blah _" & @CRLF & _
            "#ToDo: This is a really long explanation about something _" & @CRLF & _
            "# that is very in-depth and needs to take up a lot of _" & @CRLF & _
            "# space in a ToDo comment" & @CRLF & _
            "#AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Comment=Blah blah _" & @CRLF & _
            "#include <WinAPI.au3>" & @CRLF & _
            'Global $variables = "Bad"' & @CRLF & _
            "#ToDo: This is another long explanation about something _" & @CRLF & _
            "# that is very in-depth and needs to take up a lot of space" & @CRLF & _
            "#include <IE.au3>" & @CRLF & _
            "#ToDo: This is the last long explanation about something _" & @CRLF & _
            "# that is very boring"

$r1 = StringRegExpReplace($s, '\h*_\h*\R#\h*', " ")
;Msgbox(0,"", $r1)
$r2 = StringRegExp($r1, 'ToDo: (.+)', 3)
For $i = 0 to UBound($r2)-1
    Msgbox(0,"ToDo " & $i+1, $r2[$i])
Next

 

[jchd]

Yeah but why use one hammer and one wrench for only one screw? 🛠️

[seadoggie01]

16 hours ago, mikell said:

Sometimes using a first step just before the main regex can make the thingy sooo easy...

Yup, that makes it much easier! And I can change it later without re-learning everything

5 hours ago, jchd said:

we don't seem to have understood the same request

He just did the first step in the process, his point was not to do everything at once and simplify life 

Edit: Oops, ninja-ed

Edited November 20, 2019 by seadoggie01

[jchd]

Every point of view has advantages.

[mikell]

7 hours ago, jchd said:

Every point of view has advantages.

I agree (though it depends on the wanted result)
And I didn't use hammer + wrench, I used oil + wrench, it's not exactly the same 

[jchd]

[mikell]