Hi Keith,
Thanks for following the thread.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith C. Ivey
> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 11:39 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [SAtalk] Popcorn, Backhair, and Weeds
>
>
> Larry Gilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > / \w{1,7}<\/?[^<>]{0,150}>\w{1,7}/
> >
> > This one seems to be working well so far. It will catch any normal
> > and funky stuff within the tags but makes sure it will not run over
> > any subsequent tags.
>
> Since '/' matches the character class '[^<>]', there's not much
> point in having the '\/?' in there. Also, since you're not
> looking for anything after the '\w{1,7}' at the end, you might
> as well change it to '\w', since the '{1,7}' isn't making any
> difference.
Good point, thanks!
> It seems to me that your rule is going to have a fair number of
> false positives, though. For example, '<br>' often shows up
> between words with no intervening whitespace, and depending on
> what's used to produce the HTML I wouldn't be that surprised to
> find other tags, like '<p>' or '<li>', with words on both
> sides. Are you not seeing FPs?
I have been seeing some FPs on the rule with <br> in some legitimate
messages only where breaks should not naturally occur. Forwarded HTML
messages are the most common occurance of a <br> from a line wrap. I have
not been seeing FPs on <p> and <li>.
I am having a difficult time trying to develop an expression that indicates
I want x but not y. It would be nice to have an 'egrep -v' like function.
If one exists, I just don't know it.
--Larry
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