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

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2008


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 101251
interpreted = N
texte = Zero or more non-numbers followed by one or more numbers and then what follows OR (i.e. if no match) everything. If there is a match in the first part before the pipe, then grep will use that and ignore the request to grab everything. The second part was added to ignore addresses without a number and return the blank you wanted. Bill On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Govinda wrote: > 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] 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)
Zero or more non-numbers followed by one or more numbers and then what follows OR (i.e. if no match) everything. If there is a match in the first part before the pipe, then grep will use that and ignore the request to grab everything. The second part was added to ignore addresses without a number and return the blank you wanted. Bill On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Govinda wrote: > 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] "William DeVaul"

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