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regex in textpad

Answer 1

+2 A:

try this:

 host\(ed\)?\.mysite\.com

akf 2009-10-14 20:15:37

thanks for the quick reply. The host names are actually two different words entirely though...should've used a different example :/something like: somehost.mysite.com and bling.mysite.comin my original post I did have escape slashes before my dots but they got stripped.

Burrito 2009-10-14 20:19:01

+1. Looking at http://www.textpad.com/support/tips/ it seems that many regex meta characters in TextPad need to be escaped in able to work properly. Odd. @OP, the above should work, and your own solution **should** work when you escape the logical OR as well: `\(hosted\|host\)\.mysite\.com` (untested!)

Bart Kiers 2009-10-14 20:22:48

Burrito 2009-10-14 20:28:53

It seems TextPad does not support the optional `?` quantifier.

Bart Kiers 2009-10-14 20:36:22

@Burrito: if you have the `Use POSIX regular expression syntax preference` set in the Editor preference panel, you shouldn't escape the parens.

akf 2009-10-14 20:40:53

...don't escape the pipe in the use POSIX RE syntax case either.

akf 2009-10-14 20:42:43

Answer 2

+1 A:

Not every text editor uses the same regex/conventions. A regex you may get to work in Visual Studio won't necessarily work in Eclipse, Netbeans, or some other IDE or text editor.

Geo 2009-10-14 20:15:48

I'd vote +1, but this doesn't answer the question, does it? :) Anyway, good comment.

Seb 2009-10-14 20:26:38

Answer 3

+4 A:

Use something like this

\(hosted\|host\).mysite.com

Bob Breznak 2009-10-14 20:18:01

+1: this works.

akf 2009-10-14 20:27:01

note: if you have the Use POSIX regular expression syntax preference set in the Editor preference panel, you shouldn't escape the parens or the pipe.

akf 2009-10-14 20:41:53

Thanks for the heads up on that.

Bob Breznak 2009-10-14 22:13:54

Answer 4

A:

In Textpad you need to escape some characters, such as parenthesis and pipes.

In your case, what you need is this:

\(hosted\|host\)\.mysite\.com

Note: you need to escape dots as well.

Seb 2009-10-14 20:25:51

Bart suggested the same thing above and it's not flying....any other ideas?

Burrito 2009-10-14 20:32:27

No idea, dude. I tested this before posting and it works in my box :(

Seb 2009-10-15 22:39:31

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