bbcode parsing

[Rob Meade]

Hi all,

Back on the bbcode parsing (again)...

Having a few problems now with nested tags - it would seem that I had
written my test string in a way that worked perfectly with the parser -
until I changed the order of the parser - then it stopped working...

I'm assuming my problem is down to things like this:

' define BOLD tags text
strPattern = "\[b\]([^\]]+)\[\/b\]"

in my pattern I have

([^\]]+)

which I believe means "match any of the characters not enclosed", as a
result when I have:

Google

I get a nice hyperlink, but with and at either end (not converted
to <b> and </b> etc)...

If I take out the above then it just wont work at all as it'll start ending
tags all over the place, does anyone have any ideas on how I can achieve
what I want to achieve? I've next to nothing online regarding ASP and
bbCode, seems mainly php...

Any info appreciated,

Regards

Rob

[Roland Hall]

"Rob Meade" wrote in message
news:wO******************@text.news.blueyonder.co. uk...
: Back on the bbcode parsing (again)...
:
: Having a few problems now with nested tags - it would seem that I had
: written my test string in a way that worked perfectly with the parser -
: until I changed the order of the parser - then it stopped working...
:
: I'm assuming my problem is down to things like this:
:
: ' define BOLD tags text
: strPattern = "\[b\]([^\]]+)\[\/b\]"
:
: in my pattern I have
:
: ([^\]]+)
:
: which I believe means "match any of the characters not enclosed", as a
: result when I have:
:
: Google
:
: I get a nice hyperlink, but with and at either end (not converted
: to <b> and </b> etc)...
:
: If I take out the above then it just wont work at all as it'll start
ending
: tags all over the place, does anyone have any ideas on how I can achieve
: what I want to achieve? I've next to nothing online regarding ASP and
: bbCode, seems mainly php...

How about this:
\[b\](.+)\[\/b\]

For bold, colors, etc, you could just use this:

if instr(1, str, "") then
str = replace(str, "","<span style=""font-weight: bold"">")
end if
if instr(1, str, "") then
str = replace(str, "","</span>")
end if

--
Roland Hall
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