Forgot one which maybe you need:
get "\s([1-3]?\d|[4][0-2])\s" -- accept 0 to 42
Regards,
Thierry
2013/2/4 Thierry Douez <th.do...@gmail.com>
>
> 2013/2/4 FlexibleLearning.com <ad...@flexiblelearning.com>
>
> I have tab-delimited list and am trying to filter lines.
>>
>> Q1. How do we include a TAB character in the expression? Using filter with
>> "*\tsomeText" fails.
>>
>
> see \s below
>
>
>>
>> Q2. How do we specify a maximum numeric value? Using filter with "*[<18]"
>> fails.
>>
>
>
> on mouseUp
> local tmp
> put fld 1 into tList
> -- \s match space and tab
> -- get "\s[0-9]\s" -- any 0 to 9 single number
> -- get "\s[1-4][0-9]\s" -- accept 10 to 49
> -- get "\s[1-4]\d\s" -- accept 10 to 49
> -- get "\s[1-4]?\d\s" -- accept 0 to 49
> get "\s[1-4]?(\d){1,3}\s" -- accept 0 to 4999
> repeat for each line L in tList
> if matchText( L, IT ) then put L &cr after tmp
> end repeat
> put tmp
> end mouseUp
>
> Forget about filter; it doesn't play with regex, just sort of...
>
> my fld test contains:
>
> hjkdf sdfsdflkj 987 dsf sdf sdf
> fgffg gf gf 4998 fd ddf ddfd
> fgffg gf gf 5000 fd ddf ddfd
> ere e re eeee1234567890eeeeeeeee
> gfgjfkgf dfglwer 0 fdfsla sdfsdf
> gfgjfkgf dfglwer 42 fdfsla sdfsdf
> try tytry retert 41 dfsdffdsd
> sdflk; asdf 33 dfdfdfsa dsfsdff
> kjklj jlkjlk 7 ljlkj lkjkjlkj jljljkl
>
>
> And it's fast.
>
> HTH,
>
> Thierry
>
>
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