Help me with REGEXP please !

[B.]

Hello, I've got the following problem: Suppose you have the strings
contains:

"xxxx aaa { 111, 222, 333} bbb {111, 222,333} yyyy"
"xxxx aaa {1112, 2223, 3334} bbb {11112, 22223,33334,44445} yyyy"
I need to select only those strings which match the sequence aaa {...}
with number 222 inside brackets. Number 222 can be of course at any
position inside brackets e.g. aaa {222, 333, 111}, or aaa
{111,333,222}.
How to do this with REGEXP ? Something like this:

1. find aaa
2. skip zero or more white chars until '{'
3. find sequence: "222 , ... }" or " ..., 222 , ...}" or "..., 222 }"

thanks for the help.
B.Sveton

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"xxxx aaa { 111, 222, 333} bbb {111, 222,333} yyyy"
"xxxx aaa {1112, 2223, 3334} bbb {11112, 22223,33334,44445} yyyy"
I need to select only those strings which match the sequence aaa {...}
with number 222 inside brackets. Number 222 can be of course at any
position inside brackets e.g. aaa {222, 333, 111}, or aaa
{111,333,222}.
How to do this with REGEXP ? Something like this:

Didn't try it, but this might work for the regular expression:

..*aaa {.*222.*}.*

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"xxxx aaa { 111, 222, 333} bbb {111, 222,333} yyyy"
"xxxx aaa {1112, 2223, 3334} bbb {11112, 22223,33334,44445} yyyy"
I need to select only those strings which match the sequence aaa {...}
with number 222 inside brackets. Number 222 can be of course at any
position inside brackets e.g. aaa {222, 333, 111}, or aaa
{111,333,222}.
How to do this with REGEXP ? Something like this:

Didn't try it, but this might work for the regular expression:

..*aaa {.*222.*}.*

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"xxxx aaa { 111, 222, 333} bbb {111, 222,333} yyyy"
"xxxx aaa {1112, 2223, 3334} bbb {11112, 22223,33334,44445} yyyy"
I need to select only those strings which match the sequence aaa {...}
with number 222 inside brackets. Number 222 can be of course at any
position inside brackets e.g. aaa {222, 333, 111}, or aaa
{111,333,222}.
How to do this with REGEXP ? Something like this:

Didn't try it, but this might work for the regular expression:

.*aaa {.*222.*}.*

I don't think so. It finds also aaa {111, 2222, 333} and 2222 != 222 :-(

B.

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"xxxx aaa { 111, 222, 333} bbb {111, 222,333} yyyy"
"xxxx aaa {1112, 2223, 3334} bbb {11112, 22223,33334,44445} yyyy"
I need to select only those strings which match the sequence aaa {...}
with number 222 inside brackets. Number 222 can be of course at any
position inside brackets e.g. aaa {222, 333, 111}, or aaa
{111,333,222}.
How to do this with REGEXP ? Something like this:

Didn't try it, but this might work for the regular expression:

.*aaa {.*222.*}.*

I don't think so. It finds also aaa {111, 2222, 333} and 2222 != 222 :-(

B.

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Didn't try it, but this might work for the regular expression:

.*aaa {.*222.*}.*

I don't think so. It finds also aaa {111, 2222, 333} and 2222 != 222 :-(

OK. Maybe the beginning and end of word markers might help

..*aaa {.*[[:<:]]222[[:>:]].*}.*

Also, I don't think we need the leading and trailing .*, as that's
automatic, so

aaa {.*[[:<:]]222[[:>:]].*}

Now is { or } a special character too?

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Didn't try it, but this might work for the regular expression:

.*aaa {.*222.*}.*

I don't think so. It finds also aaa {111, 2222, 333} and 2222 != 222 :-(

OK. Maybe the beginning and end of word markers might help

.*aaa {.*[[:<:]]222[[:>:]].*}.*

Also, I don't think we need the leading and trailing .*, as that's
automatic, so

aaa {.*[[:<:]]222[[:>:]].*}

don't work at all :-( the expression also finds
"aaa {111, 333, 444} bbb {111,222,333}" because .* at the end skips
any number of chars which is always true, but i need to limit search
only between {} brackets. i can of course replace {} chars with
anything else, e.g. quotes, or double quotes, or () brackets, but the
search must be always limited between those chars. thanks once again
for the help.

B.


Now is { or } a special character too?

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aaa {.*[[:<:]]222[[:>:]].*}
don't work at all :-( the expression also finds
"aaa {111, 333, 444} bbb {111,222,333}" because .* at the end skips

Oops, I thought that's what you wanted as the 222 is within brackets. But
it has to be between the brackets right after the aaa. If so I think you
should replace any numbers of characters .* with any number of characters
that are not braces.

aaa {[^}]*[[:<:]]222[[:>:]][^{]*}

This means aaa, followed by space, followed by {, followed by any number of
chars that are not the close brace }, followed by 222 as a single word, etc.
The one thing to wonder about is what is the definition of a word.

any number of chars which is always true, but i need to limit search
only between {} brackets. i can of course replace {} chars with
anything else, e.g. quotes, or double quotes, or () brackets, but the
search must be always limited between those chars. thanks once again
for the help.

B.

Now is { or } a special character too?

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aaa {.*[[:<:]]222[[:>:]].*}

don't work at all :-( the expression also finds
"aaa {111, 333, 444} bbb {111,222,333}" because .* at the end skips

Oops, I thought that's what you wanted as the 222 is within brackets. But
it has to be between the brackets right after the aaa. If so I think you
should replace any numbers of characters .* with any number of characters
that are not braces.

aaa {[^}]*[[:<:]]222[[:>:]][^{]*}

This means aaa, followed by space, followed by {, followed by any number of
chars that are not the close brace }, followed by 222 as a single word, etc.
The one thing to wonder about is what is the definition of a word.

any number of chars which is always true, but i need to limit search
only between {} brackets. i can of course replace {} chars with
anything else, e.g. quotes, or double quotes, or () brackets, but the
search must be always limited between those chars. thanks once again
for the help.

B.

Now is { or } a special character too?

yes, it works :-) many thanks.

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