Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars?

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2008


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 101229
interpreted = N
texte = Perfect!! When I saw Grant was writing [grep] for v.4 I remember thinking, "if he and we get this right, then we'll forget many other tags as this can solve so many things." I suppose both side are still aiming for that. ;-) In that spirit, Bill can you explain this last [grep] search param you wrote in english? What is the logic? I get the first two parts, i.e.: -any number of non-numeric chars, followed by -at least one numeric char, followed by ((now here is where it is not clear to me)) ? - any number of any chars, followed by ? - a pipe, followed by ? - any number of any chars why does this do the job? On Oct 21, 2008, at 2:32 AM, William DeVaul wrote: > [grep search=[^0-9]*([0-9][0-9]*).*|.*&replace=\1][myString][/grep] > > This will work to ignore the case where no number is in the string. > It will return an apartment number if there is no street number. > Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? ("William DeVaul" 2008)
  2. RE: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? ("Michael A. DeLorenzo" 2008)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? (Matthew Bohne 2008)
  4. RE: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? ("Michael A. DeLorenzo" 2008)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? (Gary Krockover 2008)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? (Matthew Bohne 2008)
  7. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? (Govinda 2008)
  8. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? ("William DeVaul" 2008)
  9. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? (Govinda 2008)
  10. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? ("William DeVaul" 2008)
  11. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? (Govinda 2008)
  12. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? (Govinda 2008)
  13. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? ("Gary Krockover" 2008)
  14. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? (Govinda 2008)
  15. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? (Patrick McCormick 2008)
  16. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? (Terry Wilson 2008)
  17. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? (Charles Kline 2008)
  18. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? ("Gary Krockover" 2008)
  19. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? ("Gary Krockover" 2008)
  20. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? (Stuart Tremain 2008)
  21. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? (Govinda 2008)
  22. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? (Stuart Tremain 2008)
  23. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? ("William DeVaul" 2008)
  24. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? (Govinda 2008)
  25. Re: [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? (Stuart Tremain 2008)
  26. [WebDNA] ONLY the FIRST continuous run of numeric chars? (Govinda 2008)
Perfect!! When I saw Grant was writing [grep] for v.4 I remember thinking, "if he and we get this right, then we'll forget many other tags as this can solve so many things." I suppose both side are still aiming for that. ;-) In that spirit, Bill can you explain this last [grep] search param you wrote in english? What is the logic? I get the first two parts, i.e.: -any number of non-numeric chars, followed by -at least one numeric char, followed by ((now here is where it is not clear to me)) ? - any number of any chars, followed by ? - a pipe, followed by ? - any number of any chars why does this do the job? On Oct 21, 2008, at 2:32 AM, William DeVaul wrote: > [grep search=[^0-9]*([0-9][0-9]*).*|.*&replace=\1][myString][/grep] > > This will work to ignore the case where no number is in the string. > It will return an apartment number if there is no street number. > Govinda

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