This book is a must-own:
http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Regular-Expressions-Jeffrey-Friedl/dp/0596528124/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-1529781-6061612?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173895819&sr=8-1
GL!
Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: tonyx_788
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 1:51 PM
Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Regexp wont work cause of the <b> labels
Thank you very much, im new in regexp is there any web or tutorial to
learn more about it?
THX
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Paul DeCoursey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> no, not at all what I am saying. You can try this...
>
> new RegExp("^(<.*>)?" + inputText.text,"i\*")
>
> This should ignore any html tag at the beginning if it exists. I am
> not an expert at regular expressions so this might fail some test cases.
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "tonyx_788" <tonyx_788@> wrote:
> >
> > are you saying there is no way to start a filter search after the <b>
> > tag? without typing it first
> >
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Paul DeCoursey" <paul@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "tonyx_788" <tonyx_788@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi all i'm looking for a regular expression for mi app
> > > >
> > > > im using CDATA inside my XML so when i try to make a filter
> search it
> > > > wont work cause of the <B> or <i> before the text
> > > >
> > > > lets say in my xml i have something like this:
> > > > <name><![CDATA[<b>Academia.</b>]]></name>
> > > > it dont work if i type academia but
> > > > if i put <b>Academia it works
> > > >
> > > > this is what im using to make the filter search
> > > >
> > > > private function filter(item:Object):Boolean
> > > > {
> > > > return item.name.match(new RegExp("^" + inputText.text,"i\*"));
> > > > }
> > > >
> > >
> > > "^" searches from the beginning of the string, so of course it will
> > > not find it since <b> is the beginning of your string.
> > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
