Re: negating in a regexp

2016-03-30 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Roger Eller wrote: > "[^0-9]" instead of "[^0-9\ ]" is what works for me. When we get down it, I want spaces, too. Then again, I guess the result is identical whether or not the space is included; there is no need to change a space to a space . . . -- Dr. Ri

Re: negating in a regexp

2016-03-30 Thread Roger Eller
"[^0-9]" instead of "[^0-9\ ]" is what works for me. On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > > "[^0-9\ ]" is exactly what I'm trying to do. > > Thank you all so much. > > > -- > Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. > (702) 508-8462 > > ___ use

Re: negating in a regexp

2016-03-30 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > ^ outside [] means start of line. [insert head-banging here . . .] Argh. Thank you. That's exactly what I need. "[^0-9\ ]" is exactly what I'm trying to do. Thank you all so much. -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 __

Re: negating in a regexp

2016-03-30 Thread Peter Haworth
Wasn't sure about the need for "+". The dictionary entry for replaceText says it replaces all instances of strings that match the regex. On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 12:33 PM Roger Eller wrote: > *put* replaceText(fld 1, "[^0-9]+", space) into fld 2 > > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Dr. Hawki

Re: negating in a regexp

2016-03-30 Thread Roger Eller
*put* replaceText(fld 1, "[^0-9]+", space) into fld 2 On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: > I'm trying to filter a string to change everything but digits to spaces. > > It would seem that > > > replaceText("ab26 g9", "^\d",space) > > > should produce " 26 9", but for the liv

Re: negating in a regexp

2016-03-30 Thread Peter Haworth
Try [^\d] ^ outside [] means start of line. On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 12:15 PM Dr. Hawkins wrote: > I'm trying to filter a string to change everything but digits to spaces. > > It would seem that > > > replaceText("ab26 g9", "^\d",space) > > > should produce " 26 9", but for the live of me, I

Re: negating in a regexp

2016-03-30 Thread -hh
in > any context. Use "[^0-9]" instead of "^\d". -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/negating-in-a-regexp-tp4702810p4702811.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

negating in a regexp

2016-03-30 Thread Dr. Hawkins
I'm trying to filter a string to change everything but digits to spaces. It would seem that replaceText("ab26 g9", "^\d",space) should produce " 26 9", but for the live of me, I can't get ^ to work in any context. I've even tried playing with the regex builder plugin, with no success. Am