When I'm fighting a regex, I go to http://pythex.org/
On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Mike Bonner via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Not sure regex can do what you want, or if it can its far far over my > head. Would it work instead to use lc script to parse? > If you repeat through your data (each line form, with tLine as the current > line and pPage as the page to be looked for...) you can use a one liner > like this to build a list of matching lines, chop the trailing cr > afterwards, and be done with it. > > *if* item -2 of tLine >= pPage and item -4 of tLine <= pPage *then* *put* > tLine & cr after tNewDat > > > On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 9:35 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > I have a tab and cr delimited table of data, a sample line of which is > > below: > > > > 1<tab>Test<tab>4052,12594<tab>1,4052,3,2388<cr> > > > > The last tab delimited item "1,4052,3,2388" is actually <Starting Page > > Number>,<Starting Position On Page>,<Ending Page Number>,<Ending > > Position On Page> > > > > So the starting page number is 1 and ending page is 3 > > > > I have a variable pPage which contain a page number, say "2" > > > > My regex filter, that was crafted by someone else, needs to find (filter > > to just) all lines starting on page 2 OR ending on page 2 OR containing > > page 2 (ie, pPage is >= starting page and <= ending page) > > > > My existing filter, below, matched lines with starting page number and > > ending page numbers but not line with page numbers between the start and > > end. > > > > put > > "(.+\t"&pPage&",\d+,\d+,\d+)|(.+\t\d+,\d+,"&pPage&",\d+)|(.+ > > \t"&pPage&",\d*\.?\d*,\d*\.?\d*,\d*\.?\d*,\d*\.?\d*)" > > into tMatchPattern > > filter lines of tCiCData with regex pattern tMatchPattern > > > > Can someone help me revise this regex to match what I need? > > > > Thank you kindly, in advance. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ 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
