> On Apr 16, 2018, at 15:59, F. Alfredo Rego <f.alfredor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Weird happenings, indeed. > > I’m almost there, but not quite, because I’m interested in the UNCOMMENTED > #defines, such as line 5 here: > > However, your suggested search pattern produces the COMMENTED #defines (all > lines EXCEPT line 5):
On my side I get the uncommented lines. (?<!// )#define JC > > <BBEdit_029.png> > > > <BBEdit_031.png> > > > > > I tried several reversing/negating tricks and guesses, to no avail. > > > As an added “feature”, the search produces reasonable results ONLY IF all the > lines are flush to the left margin, without any leading spaces. This means a > lot of pre-processing to left-justify #defines that are indented. Not an > attractive prospect. > > > An interesting challenge. Beats me . . . > > > Thanks. > > Alfredo > > >> On Apr 15, 2018, at 4:49 PM, Jean-Christophe Helary >> <jean.christophe.hel...@gmail.com <mailto:jean.christophe.hel...@gmail.com>> >> wrote: >> >> It looks like you forgot a space. >> >> But it's weird, because I can match (?<!// )#define but not (?<!//) #define. >> >> Jean-Christophe >> >>> On Apr 16, 2018, at 7:35, F. Alfredo Rego <f.alfredor...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:f.alfredor...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> I’m trying to find all “enabled” defines such as this: >>> >>> #define _some_enabled_define_ >>> >>> while excluding all “disabled” (commented) defines such as this: >>> >>> // #define _some_disabled_define_ >>> >>> >>> This regular expression causes BBEdit to include both of the above kinds of >>> defines (“enabled” defines and “disabled” (commented) defines) in the >>> search results: >>> >>> (?<!//)#define >>> >>> As far as I believe, the forward slash is not a special character, but I >>> tried escaping it anyway: >>> >>> (?<!\/\/)#define >>> >>> Same results. >>> >>> >>> To test whether macOS supports a negative look-behind assertion, I tried an >>> obviously incorrect regular expression and got a reassuring error message >>> which tells me that, at least, the syntax for the negative look-behind >>> assertion is checked correctly: >>> >>> <BBEdit_028.png> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Am I missing something? Any clues? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Alfredo >>> >>> >>> -- >>> This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. 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