StringRegExp bug?

[ZeDMIN]

Hiya there,

i tried to pull out some text from a file using RegExp. But unfortunately my pattern does not work, or at least not like i expected.

Heres my test code (Expected to come out is "12:30:17 (588.62 KB/s)"):

$result = StringRegExp("12:30:17 (588.62 KB/s) - random.bin saved [10485760/10485760]", "(\d\d.\d\d.\d\d[^)]*.)", 1)
If (Not @error) And @Extended Then MsgBox(0, '', $result[0])

The above does NOT work. I tracked down the problem to having a ")" in my "[^)]". Escaping this bracket "\)" does not work.

But if i double escape the bracket "\\)" it will work:

$result = StringRegExp("12:30:17 (588.62 KB/s) - random.bin saved [10485760/10485760]", "(\d\d.\d\d.\d\d[^\\)]*.)", 1)
If (Not @error) And @Extended Then MsgBox(0, '', $result[0])

Anyone else thinks this is a bug?

Looking at the definition of regular expressions, my first code should be correct.

Greetings,

ZeD

Edited January 23, 2006 by ZeDMIN

[w0uter]

$result = StringRegExp("12:30:17 (588.62 KB/s) - random.bin saved [10485760/10485760]", "(\d\d.\d\d.\d\d.*?\))", 1)

If Not @error And @Extended Then MsgBox(0, '', $result[0])

dunno if it is a bug but why not just use this

[Fur]

The parens are triggering the matching code that returns the matches in an array. If you need to match a paren, put the hex code for ( and ) in instead.

[ZeDMIN]

i guess both of these workarounds would work. it's just that this syntax works in other programs which use regular expressions. so it is nevertheless a bug.

but thanks for those two ideas, i guess i will use the one with the hexcode, because i had somewhen already a problem with a similar expression like wouter wrote.

[ZeDMIN]

DOH! [^\041] doesn't work also. so i have to take wouters workaround.

[Fur]

DOH! [^\041] doesn't work also. so i have to take wouters workaround.

Sorry, I wasn't clearer. You need to use \0040 and \0041.

[ZeDMIN]

i tried that too. same problem. i guess it converts hex and decimal codes back to the original character. so theres no difference what you take.

[neogia]

Or you could make it even simpler. If I'm correct in assuming you're reading this type of line over and over, then

$result = StringRegExp("12:30:17 (588.62 KB/s) - random.bin saved [10485760/10485760]", "(.+)(?: -)", 1)

should work just fine.

I do think the \) not working is a bug though. Because I just used the same thing on an ( here. I'd submit it as a bug.