Just replace "." with something that stops it matching beyond the end of the
"cat phrase", e.g.
<sp>cat<sp>[^<]*?id=(\d+)<sp>
i.s. match all but "<".
or
<sp>cat<sp>[\w\s]*?id=(\d+)<sp>
if there can only be letters and whitespace between "cat" and "id=".
You can always add extra context at the start and end of the regex to tie it
down further.
I don't think back references are necessary here.
S.
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Roughan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 04 August 2004 02:41
To: JMeter Users List
Subject: RE: How to parse responses
Using The Regex Coach
<sp>cat<sp>.*?id=(\d+)<sp>
gets 15 from the following example
<form>
blah blah cat blah blah noid blah blah
</form>
<form>
blah blah horse blah blah id=15 blah blah
</form>
What I think I need is a search within a backreference
(<form.*<sp>cat<sp>.*?</form)\1id=(\d+)<sp>
however this does not work within The Regex Coach.
I tried this inside JMeter RegExp Extractor
regex: (<form.*<sp>cat<sp>.*?</form)
template: $1$id=(\d+)<sp>
but that did not work either.
What am I missing?
Thanks,
Andrew
--- "BAZLEY, Sebastian"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The regex extractor and function both allow one to
> specify a default value,
> which is returned if the regex does not match.
>
> Try it and see.
>
> You can use a dummy JavaSampler to display the
> contents of any variable(s)
> by including a reference to the variable(s).
>
> S.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Roughan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 03 August 2004 06:20
> To: JMeter Users List
> Subject: RE: How to parse responses
>
>
> Thanks for the response Sebastian.
>
> I think the suggestion will work well for the first
> part of my requirement:
> > I want to extract the value of id from the form
> > section where the text includes cat. e.g. 54
>
> However, I don't think it will work for this second
> part:
> > Further, if id= does not exist within the form
> > section where the text includes cat, then return
> > false or similar.
>
> e.g. If the response was like this:
>
> <form>
> blah blah dog blah blah id=32 blah blah
> </form>
> <form>
> blah blah cat blah blah noid blah blah
> </form>
> <form>
> blah blah horse blah blah id=15 blah blah
> </form>
>
> in this case I think the suggested regexp would
> return
> 15?
>
> I was thinking that ForEach may assist if I actually
> had to go through a list of extracted values (e.g.
> dog
> id=32, cat id=54, horse id=15). However this may not
> be necessary.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew
>
> --- "BAZLEY, Sebastian"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Try a regex of the form
> >
> > <sp>cat<sp>.*?id=(\d+)<sp>
> >
> > where <sp> = space.
> >
> > You don't say how you want to use the id value, so
> > it is not clear whether
> > the ForEach controller would be useful or not.
> >
> > See the JMeter Wiki for a pointer to a very useful
> > regex tester.
> >
> > S.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andrew Roughan
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: 22 July 2004 13:30
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: How to parse responses
> >
> >
> > Hi, Can someone please tell me whether what I want
> > to
> > do is possible, and if it is, give a suggestion on
> > how
> > it can be done?
> >
> > If I have a HTML response similar to
> >
> > ...
> > <form>
> > blah blah dog blah blah id=32 blah blah
> > </form>
> > <form>
> > blah blah cat blah blah id=54 blah blah
> > </form>
> > <form>
> > blah blah horse blah blah id=15 blah blah
> > </form>
> > ...
> >
> > I want to extract the value of id from the form
> > section where the text includes cat. e.g. 54
> >
> > Further, if id= does not exist within the form
> > section where the text includes cat, then return
> > false
> > or similar.
> >
> > I've looked at Regular Expression Extractor (using
> > <form.*?</form as a start) and the ForEach
> > Controller
> > and but I haven't yet worked out how this could be
> > done. If this is possible, I sure would like a
> > pointer
> > on how to go about it. If it isnt, knowing that
> > would
> > be good too!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Andrew
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