How do I ignore something that's part of what I want to find. For
instance..I have this string [33333333]
I have a regex \]\d*\] to find the whole thing. However, I don't want to
have either of the brackets returned..I want my return value to be 33333333
not [33333333].
Our resident regex guru is out on vacation and I'm stumped.
Thanks,
Bill
--
W.G. Ryan bi**@leavethisout.devbuzz.com do*********************@comcast.ThisToo.net 9 1411
> I have a regex \]\d*\] to find the whole thing. However, I don't want to have either of the brackets returned..I want my return value to be
33333333 not [33333333].
Group the area by parentes such as \](\d*)\]
--
Sincerely,
Peter Theill
Peter:
Thanks for the help. I changed it but it's still including the brackets.
I'm obviously messing something up (I'm not very experienced with them yet)
I also tried this (?=[)(\d*)(?=]) and every derivation of the assertions
that I can think of. It stops matching after the first one is found...if I
just do \[(\d*)(?=]) it will return [3333333 b/c I'm not trying to find
anything after that..but if I do it at the beginning, I'm out of gas.
Any Ideas?
Thanks again,
Bill
"Peter Theill" <reply@newsgroups> wrote in message
news:uQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... I have a regex \]\d*\] to find the whole thing. However, I don't want
to have either of the brackets returned..I want my return value to be 33333333 not [33333333].
Group the area by parentes such as \](\d*)\]
-- Sincerely, Peter Theill
I have a work around but I know it isn't the right way to do it. If I find
everything with the brackets, and I know that my match there is correct, I
can use that match as my search value and just find successive numbers. But
if I needed something to find ssn's for isntance, 111-11-1111 and didn't
want the hyphens included, this wouldn't work --- I know I'm missing
something b/c these things are too powerful to have to use hacks.
TIA,
Bill
"William Ryan" <do********@comcast.nospam.net> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... How do I ignore something that's part of what I want to find. For instance..I have this string [33333333]
I have a regex \]\d*\] to find the whole thing. However, I don't want to have either of the brackets returned..I want my return value to be
33333333 not [33333333]. Our resident regex guru is out on vacation and I'm stumped.
Thanks,
Bill
-- W.G. Ryan bi**@leavethisout.devbuzz.com do*********************@comcast.ThisToo.net
> Thanks for the help. I changed it but it's still including the brackets. I'm obviously messing something up (I'm not very experienced with them
yet)
I haven't worked with RegExp on .NET yet, but normally you're able to pick
out the groups explicitly using syntax like:
RegExp.Parse("[3333333]", "\](\d*)\]").GetGroup(1)
--
Peter Theill http://theill.com/
I'll give it a try, thanks!
"Peter Theill" <reply@newsgroups> wrote in message
news:OP**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... Thanks for the help. I changed it but it's still including the
brackets. I'm obviously messing something up (I'm not very experienced with them yet)
I haven't worked with RegExp on .NET yet, but normally you're able to pick out the groups explicitly using syntax like:
RegExp.Parse("[3333333]", "\](\d*)\]").GetGroup(1)
-- Peter Theill http://theill.com/
I found the answer... (?<=(|))\d{1,2}[:\.]\d{1,2}(?<=(|)) Thanks Peter
"William Ryan" <do********@comcast.nospam.net> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... How do I ignore something that's part of what I want to find. For instance..I have this string [33333333]
I have a regex \]\d*\] to find the whole thing. However, I don't want to have either of the brackets returned..I want my return value to be
33333333 not [33333333]. Our resident regex guru is out on vacation and I'm stumped.
Thanks,
Bill
-- W.G. Ryan bi**@leavethisout.devbuzz.com do*********************@comcast.ThisToo.net
Hi William,
As a side not, there is a great free utility for toying with regex stuff:
Expresso http://www12.brinkster.com/ultrapico...soDownload.htm
--
Miha Markic - RightHand .NET consulting & development
miha at rthand com www.rhand.com
"William Ryan" <do********@comcast.nospam.net> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... How do I ignore something that's part of what I want to find. For instance..I have this string [33333333]
I have a regex \]\d*\] to find the whole thing. However, I don't want to have either of the brackets returned..I want my return value to be
33333333 not [33333333]. Our resident regex guru is out on vacation and I'm stumped.
Thanks,
Bill
-- W.G. Ryan bi**@leavethisout.devbuzz.com do*********************@comcast.ThisToo.net
Thanks Miha!
"Miha Markic" <miha at rthand com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... Hi William,
As a side not, there is a great free utility for toying with regex stuff: Expresso http://www12.brinkster.com/ultrapico...soDownload.htm
-- Miha Markic - RightHand .NET consulting & development miha at rthand com www.rhand.com
"William Ryan" <do********@comcast.nospam.net> wrote in message news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... How do I ignore something that's part of what I want to find. For instance..I have this string [33333333]
I have a regex \]\d*\] to find the whole thing. However, I don't want
to have either of the brackets returned..I want my return value to be 33333333 not [33333333]. Our resident regex guru is out on vacation and I'm stumped.
Thanks,
Bill
-- W.G. Ryan bi**@leavethisout.devbuzz.com do*********************@comcast.ThisToo.net
I just got it up and running. Very cool indeed, thanks again.
"Miha Markic" <miha at rthand com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... Hi William,
As a side not, there is a great free utility for toying with regex stuff: Expresso http://www12.brinkster.com/ultrapico...soDownload.htm
-- Miha Markic - RightHand .NET consulting & development miha at rthand com www.rhand.com
"William Ryan" <do********@comcast.nospam.net> wrote in message news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... How do I ignore something that's part of what I want to find. For instance..I have this string [33333333]
I have a regex \]\d*\] to find the whole thing. However, I don't want
to have either of the brackets returned..I want my return value to be 33333333 not [33333333]. Our resident regex guru is out on vacation and I'm stumped.
Thanks,
Bill
-- W.G. Ryan bi**@leavethisout.devbuzz.com do*********************@comcast.ThisToo.net
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