"dracorat" <dracorat@...> said on Mar 31, 2008 13:22 -0400 (in ... Keith Can you provide examples of "hit-or-miss" operation of the "." specifier? I used...
Hi, I have been reading this string of notes and trying to understand how to use Regex but the method by which you construct the pattern still eludes me. For...
... No you don't want it in the parenthesis because the stuff in the parenthesis becomes the $1 for replacement, and it applies to the entire following...
Don, I think I understand it a little better, thank you. For the expression "^(.+?)," does it mean you start at the start of the line, then find any single...
... I think that is correct. The + means 1 or more, so there must be at least one. I think you are saying the same thing. Right when it gets to a comma it...
... In a way yes, but it should be put differently. The .+ go together and can't be separated. Read the as "get one or more "any" characters". (N.B: It had...
I changed how I formulate regular expressions to not use .* or .+ a long time ago, so I have no examples that come readily to mind, but I do remember the...
I'm trying to write a clip that will replace html bold tags only when they're on their own line, with h3 tags. So, this some text here <b>subhead</b><br> some...
Hi Keith (I've left the full sequence of our responses for context and changed subject) You said "I do remember the absolute frustration I used to have over...
Thanks very much! I'm getting an error message "closure cannot immediately follow BegOfLine, EndOfLine or another closure." I think that's because I'm still on...
... Probably. The most likely reason was that I had made some stupid mistake in my untested jottings, but I just tried it and it worked fine here. I'm too much...
... No, most certainly not! I agree, that for someone used to far simpler tools they are quite daunting to begin with, they were for me. But once started...
... inside one ... there ... to work correctly too. That's a strange conclusion to reach as a result of this thread... It is true that the regular expression...
"brother.gabriel" <brgabriel@...> said on Apr 05, 2008 11:03 ... Try this clip - note: watch out for wrapped lines. All clip lines begin with either ";"...
I would like to convert a simple text file to an xml file. delimited with my choice from the usual suspects. Can someone nudge me in the right direction?...
... I'll give it a go. Each line is basically an array, so let's use that. The below clip assumes the fruit lists are all there is in the document and that...
Ack, I forgot the fruitbowl! The long line is now even longer. :-) ... fruitXML ^!SetWordWrap off ^!SetPasteIndent off ^!SetListDelimiter , ^!Jump text_start ...
I have a similar clip if you'd like to see it. It's no better than the one posted I think, but it's good for the purposes of analysis if anyone would like to...
Here you go - watch for line breaks and at the top of the file, there are two lines you should chage to whatever file you'd like the clip to save to I do that...
Hi, I'm new to NoteTab Pro, and I need some help please. I tried so many times but I cannot get the clip to do what I want. ... Some text here another line of...
@all: this may be third duplicate. First and second replies sent from Thunderbird appear not to have made it to the list. Sending this from Ygroups-online...
... Thanks Alec ! Seems to work !! Just one tiny question, is it possible that this clip does not take lines starting with # into account ? So only processing...
Are my posts from thunderbird getting to the list archives???? (No need for anyone else to respond unless you are also seeing problems - I'll check myself in...