Re: String manipulation in Webcatalog
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39074
interpreted = N
texte = try wrapping [likenumber] inside [math][likenumber][/math]like: [text]num=00000234567[/text] with 0=[num] without 0=[math][num][/math]works for me.on 10/4/01 8:04 AM, John Peacock at jpeacock@rowman.com wrote:> Laeg Ent. wrote: >> >> [grep >> search=0+([0-9]+)0+&replace=\1][likenumber][/grep] >> >> this just gets rid of the initial zeros...... >> >> 0010200 results in 10200 >> > > Sorry, the ([0-9]+) is too greedy (snagging all trailing zeros). If > you were using Perl, you could use this instead: > > [grep search=0+([0-9]+?)0+&replace=\1][likenumber][/grep] > > which would be the nongreedy version of 1 or more. In this case, you > will have to pick off the initial zeros then strip the trailing > zeros. Do this to strip the trailing zeros: > > [grep search=([1-9]+)0+$&replace=\1][likenumber][/grep] > > which is to say find any sequence numbers that do not include 0 and > are followed to the end of line by only zeros and replace it by just > the number. > > John ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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try wrapping [likenumber] inside [math][likenumber][/math]like: [text]num=00000234567[/text] with 0=[num] without 0=[math][num][/math]works for me.on 10/4/01 8:04 AM, John Peacock at jpeacock@rowman.com wrote:> Laeg Ent. wrote: >> >> [grep >> search=0+([0-9]+)0+&replace=\1][likenumber][/grep] >> >> this just gets rid of the initial zeros...... >> >> 0010200 results in 10200 >> > > Sorry, the ([0-9]+) is too greedy (snagging all trailing zeros). If > you were using Perl, you could use this instead: > > [grep search=0+([0-9]+?)0+&replace=\1][likenumber][/grep] > > which would be the nongreedy version of 1 or more. In this case, you > will have to pick off the initial zeros then strip the trailing > zeros. Do this to strip the trailing zeros: > > [grep search=([1-9]+)0+$&replace=\1][likenumber][/grep] > > which is to say find any sequence numbers that do not include 0 and > are followed to the end of line by only zeros and replace it by just > the number. > > John ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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