[tw] Re: Query: Are Regular Expressions Regular in TW?

[codacodercodacoder]

Bingo!

Thank you Mark, that's a really useful addition to my toolbox.


On Friday, September 29, 2017 at 7:46:54 PM UTC-5, Mark S. wrote:
>
> Thank you for the feedback.
>
> There was a bug in the javascript macro. I've attached a new version.
>
> Also, for your finder filter, you (probably) need to add the non-greedy 
> operator ("?").  So your filter looks like:
>
> <$list filter='[tag[TestGroups]get[text]regexps[(?g)bk-ann 
> ".+?"]regexps[bk-ann "(.+?)"]]'  >
>
> HTH
> Mark
>
> On Friday, September 29, 2017 at 4:37:58 PM UTC-7, 
> codacoder...@outlook.com wrote:
>>
>> Sorry I'm so late coming to this Mark, but I think I've found an issue...
>>
>> On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 9:18:05 AM UTC-5, Mark S. wrote:
>>>
>>> This version will return  sub-groups for non-global searches. So in 
>>> codacoder's example, this search:
>>>
>>> <$list filter='[tag[TestGroups]get[text]regexps[(?g)bk-ann 
>>> ".+"]regexps[bk-ann "(.+)"]]'  >
>>>
>>> will change this:
>>>
>>>
>>> <>X

 and

   <>>> macros">>


>>> Into
>>>
>>>
>>> Explain the use of the Tiddlywiki's macro system
 Explain the scope rules of Tiddlywiki macros
>>>
>>>
>>> Notice that it takes 2 regexps filters to accomplish this (the first 
>>> global one finds the items, the second trims them).
>>>
>>>
>> Understand that there may be zero or more (usually more than one) bk-ann 
>> in any given tiddler.  So, in the case of the example (if both are included 
>> in one tiddler, I see only
>>
>> Explain the use of the Tiddlywiki's macro system
>>
>> IOW, once a match is found, the rest of the text is ignored.  Is there a 
>> way to make the regex less greedy and carry on to do the rest?
>>
>>  Coda
>>
>
>

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[tw] Re: Query: Are Regular Expressions Regular in TW?

['Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki]

According to the regexp operator tiddler at tiddlywiki.com:

The filter syntax  makes it impossible 
> to directly specify a regular expression that contains square brackets. The 
> solution is to store the expression in a variable 
> . See the examples 
> .


In the examples:


<$set name="digit-pattern" value="[0-9]{2}">
> <]">>
> 
>
>
HTH
Mark

On Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 1:30:07 PM UTC-7, @TiddlyTweeter wrote:
>
> Ciao Mark S. & all ...
>
> I have an issue using character sets in square brackets. A case came up on 
> the #buddha stuff, covered earlier in this thread, I overlooked. 
> Occasionally I'd include a web address in a Tweet ...
>
>  ... https://steamradio.com/buddha.html#BuddhaLink
>
> Under the current regex "#\w+\b", it would capture "#BuddhaLink". It 
> shouldn't as its NOT a Twitter hashtag, its just part of an address. There 
> are several regex solutions. An economical one looks to me like 
> "[^a-z](#\w+\b)". 
>
> In this case the capture group is what needs returning, not the whole 
> match. 
>
> I have an issue ... I simply c*an't figure out how to get the character 
> set in square brackets into the regex match formul*a. 
>
> Any help much appreciated
> Best wishes
> Josiah
>

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[tw] Re: Query: Are Regular Expressions Regular in TW?

[@TiddlyTweeter]

Ciao Mark S. & all ...

I have an issue using character sets in square brackets. A case came up on 
the #buddha stuff, covered earlier in this thread, I overlooked. 
Occasionally I'd include a web address in a Tweet ...

 ... https://steamradio.com/buddha.html#BuddhaLink

Under the current regex "#\w+\b", it would capture "#BuddhaLink". It 
shouldn't as its NOT a Twitter hashtag, its just part of an address. There 
are several regex solutions. An economical one looks to me like 
"[^a-z](#\w+\b)". 

In this case the capture group is what needs returning, not the whole 
match. 

I have an issue ... I simply c*an't figure out how to get the character set 
in square brackets into the regex match formul*a. 

Any help much appreciated
Best wishes
Josiah

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[tw] Re: Query: Are Regular Expressions Regular in TW?

['Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki]

PR #2963
Mark

On Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 5:55:14 PM UTC-7, PMario wrote:
>
>
> IMO you should create a PR at github. 
>
> -m
>

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[tw] Re: Query: Are Regular Expressions Regular in TW?

['Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki]

This version will return  sub-groups for non-global searches. So in 
codacoder's example, this search:

<$list filter='[tag[TestGroups]get[text]regexps[(?g)bk-ann 
".+"]regexps[bk-ann "(.+)"]]'  >

will change this:


<>X
>
> and
>
>   < macros">>
>
>
Into


Explain the use of the Tiddlywiki's macro system
> Explain the scope rules of Tiddlywiki macros


Notice that it takes 2 regexps filters to accomplish this (the first global 
one finds the items, the second trims them).

For counts, you can just use the count[] filter after the regexps filter 
you want.

Backup before trying.

Good luck!
Mark

On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 2:17:58 AM UTC-7, @TiddlyTweeter wrote:
>
> Ciao Mark S.
>
> Many thanks. I'll test it out and get back to you...
>
> Mark S. wrote:
>>
>> Another version of regexps to play with. This version will pull out all 
>> matches at once when the global flag is used. So the filter could look like:
>>
>> "[get[text]regexps[(?g)#\w+\b]tolower[]]"
>>
>  
>
>> Regular expressions in javascript can return sub-groups for non-global 
>> expression searches. It might be possible to implement this in regexps, if 
>> someone can think of a good use-case. 
>>
>
> I definitely could use that. Let me go *look at what I'm currently 
> working on and find a real use case*. Sub-groups allow a lot of things, 
> like (1) moving bits of the matched string around; (2) discarding bits of 
> it you don't need; (3) duplicating a sub-group, say as a heading.
>
> Plus. With what you have developed so far *is it possible to return a 
> MATCH COUNT*? If that were possible I have definite use cases I can lay 
> out.
>
> This is exciting. 
>
> Best wishes
> Josiah
>

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[tw] Re: Query: Are Regular Expressions Regular in TW?

[codacodercodacoder]

Thomas!!!

Awesome (not a word a throw around like confetti).  Just AWESOME!!!

I recall we talked about textstretch when it was "new", quite some time 
ago. I ended up going my own route with *bk-ann* (and a couple of others, 
like *bk-note* and *bk-problem* which use different colors and are 
"transient" since they're like TODOs).  But *extract* was the missing 
"elephant in the room" ;)  

I'm so pleased and thankful!  Thank you!

Coda

On Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 5:31:31 PM UTC-5, codacoder...@outlook.com 
wrote:
>
> Excellent Thomas - thank you.  I'll grab it later (or tomorrow, more 
> likely) and let you know how it goes.
>
> Danke!
>
> On Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 4:50:23 PM UTC-5, Thomas Elmiger wrote:
>>
>> Hi Codacoder 
>>
>> Something like synopsis extraction exists in an experiment I developed 
>> some time ago: 
>>
>>
>> https://tid.li/tw5/numbers.html#Chapter%201:%5B%5BChapter%201%5D%5D%20Footnotes
>>  
>>
>> Here I extract footnotes from a text using my extract macro based on 
>> existing TW5 technology. 
>>
>> https://tid.li/tw5/hacks.html#Extract%20Macro 
>>
>> Problem: It does not work for transcluded sections … that would be the 
>> same with a regexp solution. 
>>
>> Cheers, 
>> Thomas
>
>

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[tw] Re: Query: Are Regular Expressions Regular in TW?

[@TiddlyTweeter]

Ciao Mark S.

Many thanks. I'll test it out and get back to you...

Mark S. wrote:
>
> Another version of regexps to play with. This version will pull out all 
> matches at once when the global flag is used. So the filter could look like:
>
> "[get[text]regexps[(?g)#\w+\b]tolower[]]"
>
 

> Regular expressions in javascript can return sub-groups for non-global 
> expression searches. It might be possible to implement this in regexps, if 
> someone can think of a good use-case. 
>

I definitely could use that. Let me go *look at what I'm currently working 
on and find a real use case*. Sub-groups allow a lot of things, like (1) 
moving bits of the matched string around; (2) discarding bits of it you 
don't need; (3) duplicating a sub-group, say as a heading.

Plus. With what you have developed so far *is it possible to return a MATCH 
COUNT*? If that were possible I have definite use cases I can lay out.

This is exciting. 

Best wishes
Josiah

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[tw] Re: Query: Are Regular Expressions Regular in TW?

[codacodercodacoder]

Excellent Thomas - thank you.  I'll grab it later (or tomorrow, more 
likely) and let you know how it goes.

Danke!

On Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 4:50:23 PM UTC-5, Thomas Elmiger wrote:
>
> Hi Codacoder 
>
> Something like synopsis extraction exists in an experiment I developed 
> some time ago: 
>
>
> https://tid.li/tw5/numbers.html#Chapter%201:%5B%5BChapter%201%5D%5D%20Footnotes
>  
>
> Here I extract footnotes from a text using my extract macro based on 
> existing TW5 technology. 
>
> https://tid.li/tw5/hacks.html#Extract%20Macro 
>
> Problem: It does not work for transcluded sections … that would be the 
> same with a regexp solution. 
>
> Cheers, 
> Thomas

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[tw] Re: Query: Are Regular Expressions Regular in TW?

[Thomas Elmiger]

Hi Codacoder

Something like synopsis extraction exists in an experiment I developed some 
time ago: 

https://tid.li/tw5/numbers.html#Chapter%201:%5B%5BChapter%201%5D%5D%20Footnotes

Here I extract footnotes from a text using my extract macro based on existing 
TW5 technology. 

https://tid.li/tw5/hacks.html#Extract%20Macro

Problem: It does not work for transcluded sections … that would be the same 
with a regexp solution. 

Cheers, 
Thomas

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[tw] Re: Query: Are Regular Expressions Regular in TW?

[codacodercodacoder]

Hi Mark

On Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 2:59:52 PM UTC-5, Mark S. wrote:
>
> Regular expressions in javascript can return sub-groups for non-global 
> expression searches. It might be possible to implement this in regexps, if 
> someone can think of a good use-case. Mostly, instead of "removeprefix" and 
> "removesuffix", you could grab whatever text you wanted from the middle of 
> a tiddler title or filter stream. You could even make a single title (or 
> field) split into multiple filter outputs. Once again -- what would be a 
> use-case?
>
>
Okay, I'm trying my best to not make this long-winded.  My use case is as 
follows...

I'm writing a documentation TW for an app.  It has logical *chapters* and 
*sections* within chapters called *chapsec*s (*1 chapsec* = 1 tiddler).  
I'm trying to take the approach that the system will be a good authoring 
tool for... well, authoring anything "book-like".

Within *chapsec* tiddlers, I use annotations macros to annotate the text. 
Annotations can be enabled (made visible) and disabled (made invisible) 
globally. The annotation macro is named *bk-ann*. 

What I'd like to do is, for each *chapsec*, find all *bk-ann*s in the text 
field and list their content.  An example might be...

  <>

and

  <>


As you can see, this text could become a synopsis of each *chapsec* if I 
could figure out a way to re-use the annotation text.  The output would 
render:

*  Section 1-010 synopsis:*




*Explain the use of the Tiddlywiki's macro systemExplain the scope 
rules of Tiddlywiki macros*
I'm guessing we're not quite there yet?  But hoping I'm wrong :)


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[tw] Re: Query: Are Regular Expressions Regular in TW?

['Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki]

Another version of regexps to play with. This version will pull out all 
matches at once when the global flag is used. So the filter could look like:

"[get[text]regexps[(?g)#\w+\b]tolower[]]"

It might not make a difference in this use-case, but perhaps in some other 
situation. 

Notes: 

The inverse function (!regexps) still does whatever (!regexp) does. 

Regular expressions in javascript can return sub-groups for non-global 
expression searches. It might be possible to implement this in regexps, if 
someone can think of a good use-case. Mostly, instead of "removeprefix" and 
"removesuffix", you could grab whatever text you wanted from the middle of 
a tiddler title or filter stream. You could even make a single title (or 
field) split into multiple filter outputs. Once again -- what would be a 
use-case?

Have fun,
Mark



On Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 11:19:35 AM UTC-7, @TiddlyTweeter wrote:
>
> Over in another thread 
>  I 
> finally got to understand filters better. And, thanks to Mark S., achieved 
> what I needed to do.
>
> HOWEVER.
>
> I feel slightly diminished. I am crap with computers. But one thing I know 
> well is Regular Expressions. I was surprised at the very complex loops that 
> i had to go through to CHANGE stuff in the way I needed to in that thread. 
>
> Let me give an example ...
>
> <$set name=test filter="
> [list[!!text]prefix[#]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix['s]] +[!suffix['s]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[.]] +[!suffix[.]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[...]] +[!suffix[...]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[,]] +[!suffix[,]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[;]] +[!suffix[;]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[:]] +[!suffix[:]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[!]] +[!suffix[!]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[?]] +[!suffix[?]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[--]] +[!suffix[--]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[...#]removeprefix[...]] +[!prefix[...]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[--#]removeprefix[--]] +[!prefix[--]]
> ">
>
> Here is sample data this deals with ...
>
> left alone - #buddha #buddha #buddha 
> remove apostrophised ending - #BuddHA's 
> remove fullstop - #buddha. 
> remove comma - #buddha, 
> remove semicolon - #buddha; 
> remove colon - #buddha: 
> remove exclamation mark - #buddha! 
> remove question mark - #buddha? 
> remove 2 trailing dashes - #buddha-- 
> remove 3 trailing stops - #BUDDHA... 
> remove 2 leading dashes - --#Buddha 
> remove 3 leading stops - ...#Buddha 
> left alone - #notBuddha 
> #BuddhaDANGER" (NOT YET DEALT WITH)
> left alone #karma
>
>
> In JavaScript Regular Expressions ALL these cases, and more---discarding 
> the cruft of punctuation that all that code in the first box has to deal 
> with---would be matched by simply: *"#\w+\b"*. Nothing more would be 
> needed.
>
> If you could just transfer the match you would not have any of that 
> prefix/suffix malarky to cope with.
>
> WHY is it SO difficult in TW to do that? 
>
> It seems nuts.
>
> I am aware there is a regexp operator, but can it RETURN its exact match 
> for processing, or is it what it looks like: a match with something IN a 
> field it adds to a list to display but then the match itself is discarded?
>
> All of this is as long way of saying two things ...
>
> (1) Regular Expressions (BOTH match & replace) are natural TW allies
>
> (2) I don't understand why we don't have a more friendly relationship with 
> them.
>
> Please ask if anything is unclear.
>
> Best wishes
> Josiah 
>

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[tw] Re: Query: Are Regular Expressions Regular in TW?

[PMario]

On Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 11:18:23 PM UTC+2, Mark S. wrote:
>
> After install, your hashtag2tag filter could look like 
>
> [list[!!text]regexps[#\w+\b]tolower[]]
>

IMO you should create a PR at github. 

-m

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[tw] Re: Query: Are Regular Expressions Regular in TW?

[@TiddlyTweeter]

Ciao Mark S.

WHOAH! *Utterly BRILLIANT*. Its absolutely spot-on for what I need. It also 
seamlessly dealt with the tricky case of double quotes I couldn't figure 
out. Perfect for this kind of job. Can't thank you enough. 

For readers who maybe not understand quite what is going on, Mark S. just 
worked on a bit of JavaScript that means the user now only needs to write 
this ...

<$set name=test filter="
[list[!!text]regexps[#\w+\b]tolower[]]
">

Rather than this (and more) ...

<$set name=test filter="
[list[!!text]prefix[#]tolower[]]
[list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix['s]tolower[]] +[!suffix['s]]
[list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[.]tolower[]] +[!suffix[.]]
[list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[...]tolower[]] +[!suffix[...]]
[list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[,]tolower[]] +[!suffix[,]]
[list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[;]tolower[]] +[!suffix[;]]
[list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[:]tolower[]] +[!suffix[:]]
[list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[!]tolower[]] +[!suffix[!]]
[list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[?]tolower[]] +[!suffix[?]]
[list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[--]tolower[]] +[!suffix[--]]
[list[!!text]prefix[...#]removeprefix[...]tolower[]] +[!prefix[...]]
[list[!!text]prefix[--#]removeprefix[--]tolower[]] +[!prefix[--]]
">

This deserves the Batman theme tune: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK4H-LkrQjQ=youtu.be

Buona Notte
Josiah

 Mark S. wrote:
>
> I'm playing with version that does replacement with regexp. Based on 
> original regexp code with a couple of tweaks. Seems to work. 
>

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[tw] Re: Query: Are Regular Expressions Regular in TW?

['Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki]

I'm playing with version that does replacement with regexp. Based on 
original regexp code with a couple of tweaks. Seems to work. Absolutely 
make backups, because sometimes one gets blind-sided by subtle 
discrepancies as I discovered with the  seemingly simple tolower filter.

After install, your hashtag2tag filter could look like 

[list[!!text]regexps[#\w+\b]tolower[]]

if you also installed the latest edition of tolower (in other thread,  
first version had a subtle bug).

I suppose the problem with this simple approach is that a regular 
expression could return many results (I didn't try the global options). 
Some people might expect all those hits to be returned. That might pose 
complications.

Thanks,
Mark


On Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 11:19:35 AM UTC-7, @TiddlyTweeter wrote:
>
> Over in another thread 
>  I 
> finally got to understand filters better. And, thanks to Mark S., achieved 
> what I needed to do.
>
> HOWEVER.
>
> I feel slightly diminished. I am crap with computers. But one thing I know 
> well is Regular Expressions. I was surprised at the very complex loops that 
> i had to go through to CHANGE stuff in the way I needed to in that thread. 
>
> Let me give an example ...
>
> <$set name=test filter="
> [list[!!text]prefix[#]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix['s]] +[!suffix['s]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[.]] +[!suffix[.]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[...]] +[!suffix[...]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[,]] +[!suffix[,]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[;]] +[!suffix[;]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[:]] +[!suffix[:]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[!]] +[!suffix[!]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[?]] +[!suffix[?]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[#]removesuffix[--]] +[!suffix[--]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[...#]removeprefix[...]] +[!prefix[...]]
> [list[!!text]prefix[--#]removeprefix[--]] +[!prefix[--]]
> ">
>
> Here is sample data this deals with ...
>
> left alone - #buddha #buddha #buddha 
> remove apostrophised ending - #BuddHA's 
> remove fullstop - #buddha. 
> remove comma - #buddha, 
> remove semicolon - #buddha; 
> remove colon - #buddha: 
> remove exclamation mark - #buddha! 
> remove question mark - #buddha? 
> remove 2 trailing dashes - #buddha-- 
> remove 3 trailing stops - #BUDDHA... 
> remove 2 leading dashes - --#Buddha 
> remove 3 leading stops - ...#Buddha 
> left alone - #notBuddha 
> #BuddhaDANGER" (NOT YET DEALT WITH)
> left alone #karma
>
>
> In JavaScript Regular Expressions ALL these cases, and more---discarding 
> the cruft of punctuation that all that code in the first box has to deal 
> with---would be matched by simply: *"#w+\b"*. Nothing more would be 
> needed.
>
> If you could just transfer the match you would not have any of that 
> prefix/suffix malarky to cope with.
>
> WHY is it SO difficult in TW to do that? 
>
> It seems nuts.
>
> I am aware there is a regexp operator, but can it RETURN its exact match 
> for processing, or is it what it looks like: a match with something IN a 
> field it adds to a list to display but then the match itself is discarded?
>
> All of this is as long way of saying two things ...
>
> (1) Regular Expressions (BOTH match & replace) are natural TW allies
>
> (2) I don't understand why we don't have a more friendly relationship with 
> them.
>
> Please ask if anything is unclear.
>
> Best wishes
> Josiah 
>

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[tw] Re: Query: Are Regular Expressions Regular in TW?

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On Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 1:19:35 PM UTC-5, @TiddlyTweeter wrote:
>
>
> I am aware there is a regexp operator, but can it RETURN its exact match 
> for processing, or is it what it looks like: a match with something IN a 
> field it adds to a list to display but then the match itself is discarded?
>
>
Timely.  I was looking to do this yesterday.  No, I didn't find a solution 
either.  What's happening is, TW5 is using the regexp op to filter 
in-or-out the tiddler during that run, not the matched string.  Be a nice 
addition to have at some point, though.

*rexpexps* -- matches the specified string of text and //returns it//.

However, I'm not sure there would be enough people voting it up - but I 
could be wrong.


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