New topic: How do you split a string by using a regular expression ?
<http://forums.realsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?t=45237> Page 1 of 1 [ 2 posts ] Previous topic | Next topic Author Message Cesco Post subject: How do you split a string by using a regular expression ?Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 3:20 pm Joined: Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:04 am Posts: 90 Location: Venice, Italy Is it possible to split a string by using a regular expression? I had a very shallow look at the manual so maybe I have not seen the right command to do this operation. For example I need to split a string like this that has some random Barry White songs listed: Let the music play, You're my first\, my last\, my everything, Just the way you are I need to split the string when a comma is found *BUT* only if the comma is not escaped (preceded by a backslash). So in this example I'm expecting to get an array with three elements: 0: Let the music play 1: You're my first\, my last\, my everything 2: Just the way you are In PHP I'd probably write something like this: $arrayOfSongs = preg_split( "/(?<!\\\\)\\,/s", $string ) Do you know if there is any method in the RegEx class to do this kind of split directly or do I have to write my own function to get the same results ? Thank you Top npalardy Post subject: Re: How do you split a string by using a regular expressionPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 4:29 pm Real Software Engineer Joined: Sat Dec 24, 2005 8:18 pm Posts: 7402 Location: Canada, Alberta, Near Red Deer in Real Studio you can use a reg ex to match each portion Then you just do the searches in a loop & it will grab successive portions dim r as regex // ... set up the regex with the right pattern dim rm as regexmatch = r.search( stringWithDataToSplit ) while rm <> nil // do something with the match // like append it to an array // and repeat the search to find the next match rm = r.search( ) wend of course IF this is the only criteria you might just use a replacall with a split dim intermediate as string = replaceall( stringWithDataToSplit, "\," , chrb(1) ) dim strings(-1) as string = split( intermediate, "," ) for i as integer = 0 to ubound(strings) strings(i) = replaceall( strings(i), chrb(1), "\," ) next _________________ My web site Great White Software RBLibrary.com REALbasic learning Top Display posts from previous: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by AuthorPost timeSubject AscendingDescending Page 1 of 1 [ 2 posts ] -- Over 1500 classes with 29000 functions in one REALbasic plug-in collection. The Monkeybread Software Realbasic Plugin v9.3. http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/realbasic/plugins.shtml rbforumnotifier@monkeybreadsoftware.de
