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jammaster82
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« on: November 22, 2009, 07:40:55 PM » |
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 Ok i would like to 'explode' based on a regex pattern .. I have a string: $mystr = 'the data before the number 223. The data after the number. This data is after the number'; I want to explode on the number '223' and have the data before as an element and the data after as a separate element. I could: $myarray = explode('223',$mystr); but it could be *ANY* number, followed by a period and then a #32.. Is there some way to Collect up until [any number of numbers][a period][a #32] into a variable? Like exploding on a pattern?
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« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2009, 06:46:18 AM » |
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First of all, you could easily do this with preg_match_all, but you probably want to use preg_split.
If you use preg_match_all, just use groupings. if you did something like:
preg_match_all('/(\D+)\d+(\D)/', $buff, $matches);
then $matches[1][1] would contain all of the first set of parentheses, and $matches[1][2] would contain the matches from the second set of parens.
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jammaster82
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« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2009, 01:32:45 AM » |
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/(\D+)\d+(\D)/
Thanks! hurts my brain still to look at ...
im trying to find some sort of chart with all the codes... any suggestions?
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perkiset
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« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2009, 09:40:53 AM » |
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It is now believed, that after having lived in one compound with 3 wives and never leaving the house for 5 years, Bin Laden called the U.S. Navy Seals himself.
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jammaster82
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« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2009, 12:20:06 PM » |
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awesome... theres a lot of complexity to this.. i like the 'bug' walking through the file collecting backwards and forwards pattern match controlled style better less wear on my gears  after all the reading i did and i finally came up with this: Looks like the robot help screen to me. |
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perkiset
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« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2009, 12:38:35 PM » |
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awesome... theres a lot of complexity to this.. i like the 'bug' walking through the file collecting backwards and forwards pattern match controlled style better less wear on my gears Regex are awesome. An incredible tool to have in the bucket. Looks like the robot help screen to me.
do you still have all the code and a running instance of TRobot? |
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It is now believed, that after having lived in one compound with 3 wives and never leaving the house for 5 years, Bin Laden called the U.S. Navy Seals himself.
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« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2009, 02:34:23 PM » |
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a decent regex site: http://4sp.in/2oh |
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I could eat a bowl of Alphabet Soup and shit a better argument than that.
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« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2009, 02:55:39 PM » |
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LOL nuts is so in love with 4sp.in that he didn't notice it's the same as my link above...
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« Reply #8 on: November 25, 2009, 12:51:03 AM » |
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pretty neat url shrinker... great to hide links..
@robot.. theres a chance the executable is in a cd
in a jewel case in mamas attic... i sent you the
delphi stuff i had... the ability to parse BACKWARDS
made things easier to chew up IMO
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« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2009, 11:39:34 AM » |
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Im getting this error: Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: Delimiter must not be alphanumeric or backslash but if i use preg_split *it works..*___ if i test it here: http://www.switchplane.com/utilities/preg_match-regular-expression-tester.php?pattern=%2F\n[a-z|A-z].%2F&subject=the+first+line%0D%0AA.+the+line+i+want+to+match+the+beginning+of%0D%0Asomeother+line+that+doesnt+start+that+way%0D%0A * it WORKS *
it returns the match i want.. What gives? $buff = <<<HTML
the first line
A. the line i want to match the beginning of
someother line that doesnt start that way
HTML;
$re="/\n[a-z|A-z].]/";
$matches = preg_match($buff,$re);
echo "<textarea rows=20 cols=80>";
//echo "";
print_r($matches);
echo "</textarea></br>";
?>
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« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2009, 07:54:20 PM » |
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the answer is, im retarded
preg_match is preg_match(pattern, subject) i had it subject, pattern
:rolls eyes: god, im a dork
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« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2009, 08:19:10 PM » |
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Can't tell you how many times I've done that. Glad you've got it sorted JM
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« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2009, 09:24:53 PM » |
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« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2009, 10:20:05 AM » |
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Can't tell you how many times I've done that. Glad you've got it sorted JM
come on, its ME you can tell ME@~ hahaha ya that's what happens when you try to program and get screamed at at the same time. hahaha @perkiset... so how do you approach text file parsing, with regexp? do you ever walk through strings, logo style , what is the best way to think about parsing text with php? i guess im having trouble switching from one pass through mentality to regex have you posted any code here at the cache that parses text i can take a lookie lou at? @dirk: thanks that site is excellent vidtuts and all...  |
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« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2009, 10:26:23 AM » |
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@perkiset... so how do you approach text file parsing, with regexp? do you ever walk through strings, logo style , what is the best way to think about parsing text with php? i guess im having trouble switching from one pass through mentality to regex have you posted any code here at the cache that parses text i can take a lookie lou at?
Very much on a case-by-case basis. The serial walk-through that we used to be so good at is often inappropriate today, given that the data you're looking at doesn't look like an airline ticket although that said, many of the regex functions we have available would've been a BIG help back then. I rarely do complete walkthroughs anymore, preferring locating the things I want via either regex or other PHP functions that clean/extract things for me. It's most often easier and quicker to extract than it is to "traditionally parse" - except when data is co-mingled with surrounding data in such a way that simple extract is virtually impossible, whereby I'll more like trim and "scootch in" on the data than try to write a wicked complex regex to get at it. |
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