I have a RegExp like the following simplified example: var exp = /he|hell/; When I run it on a string it will give me the first match, fx: var str = "hello world"; var match = exp.exec(str); // match contains ["he"]; I want the first and longest possible match, and by that i mean sorted by index, then length. Since the expression ...
[^a-zA-Z] - matches anything except a,b,c,...z , A, B, ..Z I want expression that matches anything except (abc) AND except (xyz) I want a regex for image tag I tried img.*src - it matches the initial part but between img and src there should not be any other image tag so I put a caret img[^(neither <img nor src=)] how to use ^ with a...
I was thinking in providing the following regex as an answer to this question, but I can't seem to write the regular expression I was looking for: w?o?r?d?p?r?e?s?s? This should match a ordered abbreviation of the word wordpress, but it can also match nothing at all. How can I modify the above regex in order for it to match at least ...
Hi, I am looking for a way to check if the "foo" word is present in a text file using C#. I may use a regular expression but I'm not sure that is going to work if the word is splitted in two lines. I got the same issue with a streamreader that enumerates over the lines. Any comments ? ...
(first time poster, long time visitor via Google) I'm trying to extract the contents of some square brackets, however i'm having a spot of bother. I've got it working for round brackets as seen below, but I can't see how it should be modified to work for square brackets. I would have thought replacing the round for square and vice versa...
I am trying to search through the .htm files for our intranet to find out which network files are being linked to on which pages of the site. What I would like to do is have PowerShell go through each .htm and return any string that begins with "file:///" and ends with a double quote. For instance: <td colspan="3"><a href="file:///X:/...
Hi! I have string which contains something about "amount 3 val 6, amount 7 val 8" and so, what regular expression should I use to get array with corresponding amounts and values? ...
What I have is a config file with 100's of lines that has the following format: Input line : FHF02030304|C:\sd\dad\qwe\re|{203-207}.TXT|5` The format is : ID|Directory|Text|# txts The formula for the additional lines is Text (in example 203) +1 -1. so in the following example 203 +1 -1 = 203 (the first file) 203+2-1 = 204 (the 2nd ...
Hello, How should like a regex which validates the name and surname, so that each word starts with a capital letter? this does not work: @"[^A-Z]?[a-z]*" Thanks ...
I'm looking for some ideas for the most efficient way to remove trailing html <br/> tags using javascript or jquery. RULES: The br, at the front and end must be removed. It must remove non-closing and self-closing br tags. All br within the textual content must remain untouched. THE HTML: <div class="generatedContent...
Hello, I've read a few questions on here re parsing HTML with regex, and I understand that this is, on the whole, a terrible idea. Having said this, I have a very specific problem that I think Regex might be the answer to. I've been fumbling around trying to work out the answer but I'm new (today) to Regex, and I was hoping some kind ...
I am using the LiveValidation library found at www.livevalidation.com to handle client-side validation. One of the functions is to test for a regular expression. The example they provide on the site is to check if the phrase 'live' is within the a sentence. The code for that is: var f2 = new LiveValidation('f2'); f2.add( Validate.For...
Hi, I want to match the first number/word/string in quotation marks/list in the input with Regex. For example, it should match those: "hello world" gdfigjfoj sogjds -14.5 fdhdfdfi dfjgdlf test14 hfghdf hjgfjd (a (c b 7)) (3 4) "hi" Any ideas to a regex or how can I start? Thank you. ...
I have a string: Apple1231|C:\asfae\drqw\qwer|2342|1.txt I have the following code: Regex line2parse = Regex.Match(line,@"(\|)(\|)(\|)(\d)"); if (line2parse < 2) { File.AppendAllText(workingdirform2 + "configuration.txt", What I want to be able to do is replace every | after the first | with \ So i want to write out ...
I have one location match that correctly works: <LocationMatch "^/user/storage/subaccounts(/[a-zA-Z0-9]+)?/?$"> this correctly forwards for something like /user/storage/subaccounts/exampleuser or /user/storage/subaccounts/ I'd like to setup a locationmatch for /user/storage/subaccounts/exampleuser/admin My attempt at this was: <Loc...
While searching for a solution to a python regular expression problem I found this page which demonstrates that [some version of] perl allows variables within regular expressions. e.g. a perl regex something like: ^(?{ local $d=0}\((?{ $d++ }.*?\)(?d--) Where variable $d is incremented and decremented depending on which part of the ...
I need to determine whether a phone number is valid before attempting to dial it. The phone call can go anywhere in the world. What regular expression will match valid international phone numbers? ...
Hi all, I need to validate shipping container numbers. There is an industry standard that says only alpha-numeric and 11 characters in length is acceptable. eg: FBXU8891735 However there is also a standard industry practice where the first 4 characters can be forward-slashes eg: ////8891735 I have 2 requirements - firstly to validate ...
I have a csv file with the data like this Zoos, Sanctuaries & Animal Parks,7469,3.00 Unfortunately this is not correct as the first section should be all one field like this "Zoos, Sanctuaries & Animal Parks","7469","3.00" As this is just a once off import I would be just happy to transform it to Zoos, Sanctuaries & Animal Parks|7...
I need the to convert the input address to specified format #!/usr/bin/perl my $file_path ="\\\abc.com\a\t\temp\L\\"; #---- Help in this regex $file_path =~ s//\//\/gi; #---- Output format needed #$file_path ="\\abc.com\a\t\temp\L\"; printf $file_path; ...