Ciao Mark
I played around with it. 3 main tests are here:
https://tidbits.wiki/reginald/tw_regex.html
The solution ALLOWS for the "Falcon(7)" case. (BTW the visual presentation
of the case makes it look like the first (7) is removed--actually that is
just a limitation of the difference engine in TW. Its the second (7) that
actually matches.)
My feeling here is ADVISE against "Falcon(7)", but not prevent it matching.
The tests assumes that the basic pattern is ...
[wikiname-literal][regex-of-number-cruft][.extension-literal]
The regex I came up with is ...
(\s*\(\d+\))*
This means ...
Match 0 or more spaces as many times as possible
Match left bracket
Match any number
Match right bracket
And repeat the pattern as many times as possible
This a JavaScript regex.
I'm pretty sure it compatible with PowerShell. Let me know if you have any
problems.
Best
TT
On Monday, 22 July 2019 18:05:41 UTC+2, Mark S. wrote:
>
> It's probably time to reconsider the file-globbing versus regular
> expression approach. File-globbing was good, but it does limit the name
> comparisons.
>
> You're good with regular expressions ;-)
>
> What would be a good matching rule so that stem matches
>
> stem(1)
> stem (1)
> stem (1)(2)
>
> BUT NOT
>
> stem (old)
> stem (john)
>
> I'm thinking that a match that searches for stem<space>*<left
> brace><number><non-greedy-indicator>
>
> This would mean people couldn't deliberately use (number) in their stem
> names, but would open up stems that
> currently would match (e.g. polly vs polly-dev)
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Monday, July 22, 2019 at 5:03:34 AM UTC-7, @TiddlyTweeter wrote:
>>
>> Ciao Mark S.
>>
>> An interesting potential "caught on your own petard" issue came up :-).
>>
>> I wanted to change the online-name of the current "polly.html" to
>> "polly-dev.html". And create a new "polly.html" for basic documentation.
>> But, according to our own rules, I can't do that.
>>
>> But It seems a bit odd to have to create "polly-doc.html" to address what
>> may be a broad need. "Polly.html" would be a lot better I think for first
>> contact?
>>
>> Yours in the stem :-)
>>
>> TT
>>
>
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