I have large bodies of xhtml/html text stored in an array which I would like to clean up using GREP. I have been using the 'replacetext' function to great effect but I have hit an impasse.
There are some situations where I think I really need to use back references but LC's GREP does not allow them. for example: In the example I only want to keep the 'id' attributes but retain the tags they are in. I have no way of knowing what other attributes are present. I initially thought I could do this using a non-greedy search pattern which works in the above case. eg But if the text was... My non-greedy search pattern would grab and I would end up with... losing the id attribute of the header tag. So I am wondering if it is possible to pass a text variable through the shell function which would then use a shell script to handle my GREP. My app will be deployed on OS X and possible iOS. At this stage I have not considered the nature of the script I should construct nor the GREP required to do what I am attempting. (Any hints gratefully accepted.) Right now I just want to know if this is a workable approach? James -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/using-the-SHELL-function-to-GREP-a-body-of-text-tp4702346.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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
