I'm also struggling with the expression:
(?:[01][0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]
On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 8:04:20 PM UTC-7 e2o wrote:
> JJ,
>
> I've been going over this script you sent trying to wrap my head around
> it. I haven't been able to get through it completely "plain-english" in my
> head yet. Could you briefly elaborate? I love the way the variables are set
> to build the find. But I'm not clear on the need for repeat statement and
> the overall strategy. All I know is that if I could grok this script -
> which does things I find myself needing a LOT - then it could open up a
> whole new world.
> Could you shed a bit of light for an old dog learning new tricks?
>
> Thanks!
>
> - eric
>
> On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 7:59:45 AM UTC-7 jj wrote:
>
>> Hi Eric,
>>
>> Here is an example of how to get the values captured by a regex.
>>
>> *tell* *application* "BBEdit"
>>
>> *set* vDocument *to* *first* *text document* *of* *first* *window*
>>
>> *set* vTimeRegex *to* "(?:[01][0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]"
>>
>> *set* vRegex *to* "^(" & vTimeRegex & ")-(" & vTimeRegex &
>> ")\\h+([A-Z]{3})"
>>
>> *set* vOptions *to* {search mode:*grep*, starting at top:*true*, wrap
>> around:*false*, returning results:*true*}
>>
>> *set* vResult *to* *find* vRegex searching in vDocument options vOptions
>>
>> *if* vResult's found *then*
>>
>> *repeat* *with* vMatch *in* found matches *of* vResult
>>
>> *log* vMatch
>>
>> *set* vOptions *to* {search mode:*grep*, starting at top:*true*, wrap
>> around:*false*, returning results:*false*}
>>
>> *set* vTag *to* *characters* (vMatch's start_offset) *thru* (vMatch's
>> end_offset) *of* vDocument
>>
>> *set* vTagMatch *to* *find* vRegex searching in vTag options vOptions
>>
>> *if* vTagMatch's found *then*
>>
>> *set* vStartTime *to* *grep substitution* of "\\1"
>>
>> *set* vEndTime *to* *grep substitution* of "\\2"
>>
>> *set* vClientCode *to* *grep substitution* of "\\3"
>>
>> *log* {vStartTime:vStartTime, vEndTime:vEndTime, vClientCode:vClientCode}
>>
>> *end* *if*
>>
>> *end* *repeat*
>>
>> *end* *if*
>>
>> *end* *tell*
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Jean Jourdain
>> On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 8:23:11 AM UTC+2 Rick Gordon wrote:
>>
>>> I haven't worked with Keyboard Maestro, but what about *found text of
>>> TicketTimeEntryBegin*?
>>>
>>> On August 13, 2023 at 11:20:24 PM [-0700], E2o wrote in an email
>>> entitled "Using AppleScript to find and set an AS variable collects TMI
>>> (too
>>> much information)":
>>> > found text:08:30
>>>
>>> ___________________________________________
>>> RICK GORDON
>>> EMERALD VALLEY GRAPHICS AND CONSULTING
>>> ___________________________________________
>>> WWW: http://www.shelterpub.com
>>>
>>
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