Hi Mike, That's one of RunRev's plugins, right? Sounds like a ripe candidate to be updated by some kind person :-)
Interestingly I was prowling around the code for the Script Editor Find function a couple of days ago, the one you get when you click the more button, and came across a button that invokes regexbuilder but either the button is off screen or hidden because I can't see it anywhere even if I expand the Find options and select wildcard. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 7:17 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ah k. My mistake again, works with the simplified old filter, not the > current full regex filter. > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 8:16 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > My mistake. Works with filter too. :) > > > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 8:13 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> The regex builder thats part of LC is pretty good for immediate feedback > >> too, and has the benefit that it can place (hopefull working) code into > the > >> clipboard for pasting into script, after choosing matchtext or > matchchunk. > >> (still helpful for figuring out the regex for filter, though no > >> autogenerated code) All you have to do after pasting is specify the > >> container of text to check. It is limited i'm sure, but is still pretty > >> darn helpful. > >> > >> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 7:05 PM, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 12:44 AM, Bob Sneidar < > >>> bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > I read up on this, thinking that LC was implementing some substandard > >>> > regex functionality. Turns out this is the state of affairs in the > >>> regex > >>> > world. > >>> > > >>> > I don't know where Pete was reading that certain regex characters are > >>> not > >>> supported, and whilst I agree the Dictionary is very scarce with regex > >>> examples in the entry for matchText it states that LC uses the PCRE > >>> implementation of regex. Yes there are different flavours of regex > which > >>> is > >>> why I like this online regex tester: > >>> > >>> https://regex101.com/#pcre > >>> > >>> It allows you to select the flavour of regex you want to use; too many > of > >>> the other online regex testers are JavaScript based or Python. > >>> > >>> This site has a load of example (if you click on the Community tab at > the > >>> top) so in many cases you don't even have to write any regex as someone > >>> has > >>> already written it for you. It's also nice that if you do write the > regex > >>> yourself (or click on one of the examples) the Explanation box at top > >>> right > >>> automatically fills with an explanation of what it's doing - which may > or > >>> may not match what you're trying to achieve ;-) > >>> > >>> But best of all, unlike writing regex in LC which gives you no feedback > >>> at > >>> all about your syntax, by using the online test you are given immediate > >>> feedback, i.e. if you enter the regex Pete listed in his original post > >>> the > >>> online tester immediately highlights the opening bracket in red - and > in > >>> the Explanation box it tells you that it's missing it's closing > bracket. > >>> Easy. > >>> > >>> If it works on this website it will work in LC. > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > >>> > >> > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
