December 2006 - regex-coach@common-lisp.net

[regex-coach] Feature request: turn off real time option
by David Evans 06 Jun '07

06 Jun '07

This is the best tool for building RegEx's I've found! Thanks, Edi! I use it to test expressions that search OCR text for multiple-date formats and invoice information. Sometimes I have long expressions and large target strings. When this happens, I would really like to be able to turn off the real time testing because my machine takes a while to process each keystroke - it would be cool to turn this feature off or only search when the text has not changed for >0.7 seconds (configurable?) or maybe on a key-combination. I would also like Regex Coach to fix all my OCR errors, make my tea and remind me about my wife's birthday.. ;-) Great product! --Dave

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[regex-coach] Regular Expression Help
by Jordan Marton 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Hi guys. Hopefully someone can help me. I have the following chunk of XML code. I need to extract the last section, from <w:p> to </w:p> (inclusive) in the section that contains the [INTRODUCTION] text. Here is my current attempt: <w:p>.*(?=<w:t>).*(?=INTRODUCTION).*(?=</w:t>).*?</w:p> Problem is, that regular expression grabs the entire chunk, not just the last section. Can someone please advise. <w:p> <w:pPr> <w:rPr> <w:rFonts w:ascii="Tahoma" w:h-ansi="Tahoma" w:cs="Tahoma"/> <wx:font wx:val="Tahoma"/> <w:sz w:val="20"/> <w:sz-cs w:val="20"/> </w:rPr> </w:pPr> </w:p> <w:p> <w:pPr> <w:rPr> <w:rFonts w:ascii="Tahoma" w:h-ansi="Tahoma" w:cs="Tahoma"/> <wx:font wx:val="Tahoma"/> <w:b/> <w:color w:val="000080"/> <w:sz w:val="40"/> <w:sz-cs w:val="40"/> </w:rPr> </w:pPr> </w:p> <w:p> <w:pPr> <w:rPr> <w:rFonts w:ascii="Tahoma" w:h-ansi="Tahoma" w:cs="Tahoma"/> <wx:font wx:val="Tahoma"/> <w:b/> <w:color w:val="000080"/> <w:sz w:val="40"/> <w:sz-cs w:val="40"/> </w:rPr> <w:t>Introduction</w:t> </w:pPr> </w:p> <w:p> <w:pPr> <w:rPr> <w:rFonts w:ascii="Tahoma" w:h-ansi="Tahoma" w:cs="Tahoma"/> <wx:font wx:val="Tahoma"/> <w:sz w:val="20"/> <w:sz-cs w:val="20"/> </w:rPr> </w:pPr> <w:r> <w:rPr> <w:rFonts w:ascii="Tahoma" w:h-ansi="Tahoma" w:cs="Tahoma"/> <wx:font wx:val="Tahoma"/> <w:sz w:val="20"/> <w:sz-cs w:val="20"/> </w:rPr> <w:t>[INTRODUCTION]</w:t> </w:r> </w:p>

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Re: [regex-coach] Regex Coach strings in Windows Registry
by Edi Weitz 27 Dec '06

27 Dec '06

On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 10:48:41 -0500, Sheri <silvermoonwoman(a)comcast.net> wrote: [Please use the mailing list.] > This is mostly an issue for regedit (a component of Windows); if you > use regedit to export: > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Edi Weitz\The Regex Coach\Panes > > the exported strings are corrupted in the resulting .reg file when > they contain CRLFs. OK, I see. Unfortunately, there's no easy way for me to change that. (And I think it's a pretty esoteric usage of Regex Coach anyway... :) > I did finally figure out how to update such strings in the registry > using a reg file, the strings must be converted to unicode, encoded > in hex, and specified as hex(1) in the .reg file. This is necessary > with WIndows XP, I'm not sure if the unicode part is needed for > earlier versions of Windows. But despite the fact that with effort > you can store CRLFs in REG_SZ strings, you cannot use regedit to > export them. It seems REG_SZ strings were not designed to hold > multiline strings. However, I consider my issue to be resolved. OK, good. > I do have a question/suggestion about the GUI for The Regex Coach. > > I see the underlined letters in Regular Expression (r), Target > String (t), Replacement String (p) and Replacement Result (l). Do > they have any significance? It would be nice if there were > associated keyboard shortcuts to set the focus inside those > respective panes. I have to admit that I don't know why the GUI toolkit I'm using (CAPI) added the underlined letters there. You're right - it's seems they're doing nothing. I'll investigate this for the next release. Cheers, Edi.

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[regex-coach] Regex Coach strings in Windows Registry
by Sheri 24 Dec '06

24 Dec '06

Do you know how I can independently update the "pane" values for Regex Coach without losing the linebreaks? If I import a .reg file (even one that's just been exported) Regex Coach's strings with carriage returns and linefeeds are either truncated or lost entirely. I want to pass strings from my editor into the registry, then open Regex Coach. Any suggestions? Thanks, Sheri

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[regex-coach] regex not matching blank space after the beginning of the line?
by Dharma Wolford 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

Hi everybody, In the following examples the double-quotes are only included for clarity, I'm not actually entering them into The Regex Coach. Here are two regexes I'm trying: ##################### "\A*7[0-9][0-9]" "^*7[0-9][0-9]" ##################### And these are lines of data I'm trying those against: ######################## " 758" " 759" " 760" ######################## Now what I'm expecting (and want) to happen is the leading blank space(s) on the left of the numbers, as well as the three digit numbers themselves, to be highlighted as a match. What DOES happen with both regexes is that the three digit numbers are highlighted, but not the leading blank spaces. I'm using The Regex Coach v0.9.0 I have msvcr80.dll installed. I don't have the old manifest file anymore. I'm using Windows XP Pro, version 2002, SP2. I'm a very beginner to regexes, but I think what I'm "expecting" to happen is what should happen, but please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks in advance for any assistance! dharma ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com

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