On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Thierry Douez <th.do...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is a simple one: > > put "<(?P<tag>[A-Z][A-Z0-9]*)\b[^>]*>.*?</(?P=tag)>" into RX > > if matchText( anyHtmlText, RX) then put "Get it!"
Unfortunately not. At first I thought it was because I was using the msg box which was reporting: Error description: matchChunk: error in pattern expression Hint: pattern error My very first play was with the msg box so I thought I better try in a real stack but got the same message so I pasted your code into my favourite online Regex Tester http://regex101.com/#pcre and it immediately reported an error with an unescaped delimiter. The / (forward slash) was hilited in red. I placed a \ (backward slash - regex delimiter) before it and all was well. Thierry, thank you so much for taking the time to get me sorted out with this, but it only reinforces my advise to any new or casual user of regex regarding the above online tester: it wont make you an expert, or remove the complexity or confusion you may have, but it will certainly help you: pinpoint your errors, learn as you go, and get you the expressions you need a whole lot faster than working with LC + regex alone. Regex is powerful stuff. LC + regex is just giving your stack extra horsepower for free. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
