Hi Mark, Thanks for clarification!
Best wishes Mohammad On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 8:59 AM 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki < [email protected]> wrote: > There's a difference in javascript between a regular expression, and a > string that can be interpreted as a regular expression. > > If you notice at regex101, the input box has* / *at the start and end. So > it's assuming a direct regular expression, like: > > */*^(([^/]+?)/){1}[^/]+?$*/*gm > > The slashes are used to indicate the start and end of the expression, and > so any slashes in the middle not part of a character class throw an error. > > But we're actually passing a string here. So internally something like > this is happening: > > var patt = new RegExp(*"^(([^/]+?)/){1}[^/]+?$"*) ; > > Since the forward slash is not needed to delimit the expression when the > regular expression is created this way, it doesn't throw an error inside of > TW. > It's unfortunate that the tool at regex101 doesn't allow you to enter the > expression as a string. > > -- Mark > > > > On Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 8:48:08 PM UTC-7, Mohammad wrote: >> >> TT, >> At https://regex101.com/ the below syntax return errors it needs the >> slash character to be escaped! >> >> Please have a look >> >> >> Best wishes >> Mohammad >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 4:05 PM @TiddlyTweeter <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> *Advanced use of the Negated Character Class* >>> >>> *Match titles with defined numbers of "/" slash* >>> *^(([^/]+?)/){1}[^/]+?$* >>> >>> The difference here is in *{1}* >>> >>> If you change the number then it will change the number of "/" permitted >>> in the match. >>> >>> You can test it at: >>> http://tw-regexp.tiddlyspot.com/#RegExp%20Experimentation%20with%20Title >>> >>> >>> TT >>> >>> -- >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/166333e8-b354-47a0-b685-b47886566827%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/166333e8-b354-47a0-b685-b47886566827%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/7262fe0a-4a4b-402f-a094-f0cf3ee6f94f%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/7262fe0a-4a4b-402f-a094-f0cf3ee6f94f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/CAAV1gMBk6Hk3Z_Q5Rx%2B576zU_NqD8ydW7WMD1hcb4U3C_fhAJw%40mail.gmail.com.
