Removing text from lines automatically? (RegExp?)

[myname1]

How to remove the bolded texts automatically?

Example 1 - Between "11" and "22":

ab11cde21fg22hi

abc11de21f22ghi

abcd11e2122fghi

Done with Regular Expression, see below.

Example 2 - Between "^*" and "~|" (extra chars):

ab^*cde21fg~|hi

abc^*de21f~|ghi

abcd^*e21~|fghi

Done with Regular Expression, see below.

Example 3 - From first "1" to begin:

ab11cde21fg22hi

abc11de21f22ghi

abcd11e2122fghi

Example 4 - From last "2" to end:

ab11cde21fg22hi

abc11de21f22ghi

abcd11e2122fghi

All help is welcome.

Edited November 1, 2008 by myname1

[Valuater]

StringBetween()

StringLeft()

StringRight()

... ????

automatic is a very open question

8)

[Richard Robertson]

In this case, I see regular expressions as the fastest way to do this. For instance, the first could easily be done by using a regular expression replacement of "11.*?22" with "".

What exactly are you looking for?

[myname1]

StringBetween()

StringLeft()

StringRight()

... ????

automatic is a very open question

8)

I don't know what do you mean. Can you explain more?

In this case, I see regular expressions as the fastest way to do this. For instance, the first could easily be done by using a regular expression replacement of "11.*?22" with "".

What exactly are you looking for?

Thanks for telling me that. Now I figured out how to use regular expression for the first two examples.

Example 1 done by regular expression:

11.*22

Example 2 done by regular expression:

\^\*.*\~\|

Other two are still undone. I tried this for example 3: ^.*1, but it worked like this:

ab11cde21fg22hi

abc11de21f22ghi

abcd11e2122fghi

Anyone know how to do the trick for last two examples?

Edited October 28, 2008 by myname1

[picaxe]

$t = "ab11cde21fg22hi" & @CRLF & "abc11de21f22ghi" & @CRLF & "abcd11e2122fghi"
ConsoleWrite(StringRegExpReplace($t, "(^|\r\n|\n)(\D*1)(.*)", "$1$3") & @LF)
ConsoleWrite(StringRegExpReplace($t, "(.*)(2\D*)(\n|\r\n|$)", "$1$3") & @LF)

[Richard Robertson]

It's because you are using the greedy star. Use a lazy star instead. "^.*?1"

[myname1]

$t = "ab11cde21fg22hi" & @CRLF & "abc11de21f22ghi" & @CRLF & "abcd11e2122fghi"
ConsoleWrite(StringRegExpReplace($t, "(^|\r\n|\n)(\D*1)(.*)", "$1$3") & @LF)
ConsoleWrite(StringRegExpReplace($t, "(.*)(2\D*)(\n|\r\n|$)", "$1$3") & @LF)

Is that "$t ="-line necessary? I mean that if I have more than 3 different lines, that would be a quite huge line.

It's because you are using the greedy star. Use a lazy star instead. "^.*?1"

I can't get that lazy star (*?) working. It gives no results. So lazy star isn't supported in all editors like SciTE?

[Richard Robertson]

Scite is an editor, not an interpreter. AutoIt supports the lazy star. It's in the documentation if you had read it.