[Solved] StringRegExp help

[Izebize]

$fFile = "X:\Folder\Archive.part1.rar"
ConsoleWrite(StringRegExpReplace($fFile, ".*\\(.*)(?:\.part1)\.rar", "$1")&@CR) ;Works fine
ConsoleWrite(StringRegExpReplace($fFile, ".*\\(.*)(?:\.part1)?\.rar", "$1")&@CR);keeps "part1"

I want to set the ".part1" section may or may not appear. I thought this is the correct syntax, but It doesn't works.

Edited August 11, 2009 by Izebize

[Richard Robertson]

You used .* which is greedy. It is picking up everything it can. You can instead do a StringInStr match to see if it contains .part1 and remove it with the regex. This would be a simpler option.

[Izebize]

Thanks for your help!

I used StringInStr as you suggested, but now I figured out how to make it work with RegExp:

$fFile = "X:\Folder\Archive.part1.rar"
ConsoleWrite(StringRegExpReplace($fFile, ".*\\(.*)(?:\.part1)\.rar", "$1")   &@CR);Old one
ConsoleWrite(StringRegExpReplace($fFile, ".*\\(.*?)(?:\.part1)?\.rar", "$1") &@CR);Working one

"?" is very important in these cases.

[Richard Robertson]

Whatever works for you. I'm just not used to regex as a replacement. I usually work on matches and groups not replacements.