thanks I'll look at that... and maybe try to find a RegExp app for Mac...
On 19 août, 21:01, Dave Kibble <davekib...@gmail.com> wrote: > depends entirely on what you are trying to capture - is the "edit" > always there? is the /admin/users/ always there? yes... they are, only the 'id' number is going to change.... > > in general I'm a great fan ofhttp://www.w3schools.com/but not sure > what to recommend for regular expressions in general - most sites are > confusing rather than educational for the novice :) you can > tryhttp://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_obj_regexp.asp > > On 19 August 2010 14:26, Erwin <yves_duf...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > > I tried the following > > > var editRegExp = /(^.*?)([^\/]*)\/edit\?(.*$)/; > > > var edit_link = $('edit_user').down('a'); > > var match = editRegExp.exec(edit_link.href.toString()); > > > on this url : > > > /admin/users/4c6a275ea326cb01f4000001/edit?locale=en > > > seems to work , maybe a better writing ? > > > On 19 août, 15:10, Erwin <yves_duf...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Hi Dave .. sorry to ask you an additional trick ... but as you are > >> qui good in RegExp ... > > >> what if the href is as following : > > >> /admin/users/4c6a275ea326cb01f4000001/edit?locale=en > > >> in this case (^.*?) is getting the 'edit' string, not the id number : > >> 4c6a275ea326cb01f4000001 > > >> btw : which tutorial do you recommend to get a better understanding of > >> RegExp ..? (I found some of them w good explanation but few > >> examples;..) > > >> erwin > > >> On 18 août, 19:27, Dave Kibble <davekib...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > you might find this regular expression useful: > > >> > var myRegExp = /(^.*?)([^\/]*)\?(.*$)/; > >> > var match = myRegExp.exec(link.href.toString()); > >> > alert(match[1] + '\n' + match[2] + '\n' + match[3]); > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.