Mark, Thanks, this led to the solution, but I think it was my code, not the method, I had used define to define the open/close.
FYI: Here is it now working <$vars open-comment="/*" close-comment="*/"> <$list filter="[[$:/PSaT/author-styles/stylesheet]get[text]splitregexp[\n]prefix[.]]" variable=definition> <$set name=classname value={{{ [<definition>split[ ]removeprefix[.]] }}}> <$set name=description value={{{ [<definition>split<open-comment>last[]split<close-comment>] }}}> definition=<<definition>><br> classname=<<classname>> description=<<description>><hr> </$set></$set> </$list> </$vars> This is while parsing a css file with lines including .n { font-weight: normal;} /* Normal fontweight */ And the result is now definition=.n { font-weight: normal;} /* Normal fontweight */ classname=n description=Normal fontweight Thanks again I am working on a .classname select-able editor Toolbar button. Regards Tones On Monday, 31 August 2020 11:00:28 UTC+10, Mark S. wrote: > > I'm not sure if you need regexpsplit for this. This worked for me: > > <$vars split1="/*" split2="*/"> > > {{{ [{test}split<split1>nth[2]split<split2>nth[1]] }}} > </$vars> > > where test contains > > This is some text with an /* embedded comment */ in it. > > If you really needed regexpsplit, then you would need to escape the > asterisk and probably also the forward slash e.g. \/\* > > > > On Sunday, August 30, 2020 at 5:04:29 PM UTC-7, TW Tones wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Can someone please tell me the regexp so I can test for open and close >> comment in a line? >> >> eg; >> something1 something2 /* comment */ something3 >> >> I want to extract the content between /* and */ >> >> eg splitregexp[/*]rest[]splitregexp[*/]first[] >> >> I can't define a macro containing /* as it is interpreted as a comment :( >> >> >> Thanks in advance >> Tones >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/9809fd7f-efbf-4559-a74e-b0a7e7b972c7o%40googlegroups.com.