Help on StringRegEx

[Blackstar]

Is this coding right? Trying out StringRegExp first time and using newest AutoIT build...I wanted StringRegExp to extract numbers between &pid= and &page=, up to 7 digits number but I ran a test on the code below and I got blank result in msgbox, whats wrong here?

CODE

Dim $URL, $PID

$URL = "http://anywhere.com/view?f=catagory&pid=99453&page=1&order=down"

$PID = StringRegExp($URL, "(?:&pid=)([0-9]{1,7})(?:&page=)", 1)

MsgBox(0,"Result", $PID)

Thanks.

[xcal]

StringRegExp drives me crazy. I wish there were better examples/explanations in the help file. But one thing I can tell you, you've set option 1, which returns an array.

edit - Think I found the solution, though...

$URL = "http://anywhere.com/view?f=catagory&pid=99453&page=1&order=down"
$PID = StringRegExp($URL, 'pid=(.*?)\&page', 1, 1)

If IsArray($PID) Then
    For $i = 0 To UBound($PID) - 1
        MsgBox(0, '', $PID[$i])
    Next
EndIf

Edited December 9, 2006 by xcal

[Uten]

You could also do it like this (The array point is correct by @xcal)

#include <array.au3>
Dim $URL, $PID

$URL = "http://anywhere.com/view?f=catagory&pid=99453&page=1&order=down"
$PID = StringRegExp($URL, "&pid=(\d+)&page=", 3) ;Note 3 to get a global search
_ArrayDisplay($PID, "test")

[JSThePatriot]

This is how I would have set it up, though yours seems to be fine. Just set it to search through in a loop.

Dim $URL, $PID

Dim $linePattern

$linePattern = '(?i)(?:pid=)(\d*)'

$URL = "http://anywhere.com/view?f=catagory&pid=99453&page=1&order=down"
$PID = StringRegExp($URL, $linePattern, 3)
For $i = 0 To UBound($PID) - 1 Step 1
    MsgBox(0,"Result", $PID[$i])
Next

I hope that helps. xcal has given same basic answer. Loop is what you were missing.

JS

[Blackstar]

This is how I would have set it up, though yours seems to be fine. Just set it to search through in a loop.

Dim $URL, $PID

Dim $linePattern

$linePattern = '(?i)(?:pid=)(\d*)'

$URL = "http://anywhere.com/view?f=catagory&pid=99453&page=1&order=down"
$PID = StringRegExp($URL, $linePattern, 3)
For $i = 0 To UBound($PID) - 1 Step 1
    MsgBox(0,"Result", $PID[$i])
Next

I hope that helps. xcal has given same basic answer. Loop is what you were missing.

JS

I didnt know StringRegExp requires a loop and an array to get that simple number extraction. Surely there is must be another way to StringRegExp without all that?

I could use $PID = Number(StringMid($URL, 41, 7)) as one liner...but I thought StringRegExp would be more efficient.

[JSThePatriot]

I didnt know StringRegExp requires a loop and an array to get that simple number extraction. Surely there is must be another way to StringRegExp without all that?

I could use $PID = Number(StringMid($URL, 41, 7)) as one liner...but I thought StringRegExp would be more efficient.

StringRegExp is to search for content that may not be in the same place all the time. It will be more efficient in more complex situations than some where you know the exact location will always be.

JS

[Blackstar]

After looking at String Regular expression in AutoIT's help file on SRE example #6 few minutes ago and I noticed that I have missed a small code:

MsgBox(0, "SRE Example 6 Result", $asResult[0])

So I ran a test on this code:

Dim $URL, $PID

$URL = "http://anywhere.com/view?f=catagory&pid=99453&page=1&order=down"
$PID = StringRegExp($URL, "(?:&pid=)([0-9]{1,7})(?:&page=)", 1)
MsgBox(0,"Result", $PID[0])

and it works. Is that ok for me to use this code?

[JSThePatriot]

After looking at String Regular expression in AutoIT's help file on SRE example #6 few minutes ago and I noticed that I have missed a small code:

MsgBox(0, "SRE Example 6 Result", $asResult[0])

So I ran a test on this code:

Dim $URL, $PID

$URL = "http://anywhere.com/view?f=catagory&pid=99453&page=1&order=down"
$PID = StringRegExp($URL, "(?:&pid=)([0-9]{1,7})(?:&page=)", 1)
MsgBox(0,"Result", $PID[0])

and it works. Is that ok for me to use this code?

Yes that is okay. The loop is only needed if there will be more than one match.

JS

[Blackstar]

One match is all I need for further processing of url address