phew! work my way bit-by-bit through the expression
(?:[01][0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]
and got that sorted.
On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 8:23:17 PM UTC-7 e2o wrote:
> 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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