Re: [WebDNA] Small Parsing Problem

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2009


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 101844
interpreted = N
texte = [text]stringToParse=3Dtag:youtube,2008:video:24Ryj1ywosw[/text] [middle startafter=3Dvideo:&endbefore=3D][stringToParse][/middle] would definitely work, as would a [middle]/[listwords] hybrid, using colo= n as a delimiter since=20 your desired id code would be the last [word] in the loop [listwords words=3D[middle=20 startafter=3D&endbefore=3D][stringToParse][/middle]&delimiters=3D= :][word][/listwords] -Dan On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:47:38 -0500 David Bastedo wrote: > middle also confuses me . . . :) >=20 > Thanks in advance! >=20 > D. >=20 > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Govinda = wrote: >> or if you are in a rush, why not use [middle] instead? >> if you need more help writing such a [middle] ask again and I'll do it= . >> -Govinda >> >> On Jan 28, 2009, at 3:25 PM, David Bastedo wrote: >> >>> Hi, I am trying to get a youTube VideoID value from the content of th= e ID >>> tag. >>> >>> Example: >>> tag:youtube,2008:video:24Ryj1ywosw >>> >>> so ineffect, I need to parse the following >>> tag:youtube,2008:video:24Ryj1ywosw >>> >>> >>> From YouTube: The tag specifies a URN that uniquely and >>> permanently identifies a feed or video entry. >>> >>> so I believe the solution is a grep to get the content from each of >>> the tag and video elements, as the tag and video labels will not >>> change, but the content will have a varying length. >>> >>> So to get the videoID, I would grep from the colon after video to the >>> end and take everything inbetween . . . of course, that's where it al= l >>> falls apart as I am really just starting to find that I need to lear >>> grep and regular expressions. . . >>> >>> thanks for any help. >>> >>> D. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> David Bastedo >>> Ten Plus One Communications Inc. >>> http://www.10plus1.com >>> 416.603.2223 ext.1 >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >>> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >> >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >> >> >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > David Bastedo > Ten Plus One Communications Inc. > http://www.10plus1.com > 416.603.2223 ext.1 > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] Small Parsing Problem (David Bastedo 2009)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] Small Parsing Problem (Govinda 2009)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] Small Parsing Problem (David Bastedo 2009)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] Small Parsing Problem ("Dan Strong" 2009)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] Small Parsing Problem (Govinda 2009)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] Small Parsing Problem (David Bastedo 2009)
  7. Re: [WebDNA] Small Parsing Problem (Govinda 2009)
  8. [WebDNA] Small Parsing Problem (David Bastedo 2009)
[text]stringToParse=3Dtag:youtube,2008:video:24Ryj1ywosw[/text] [middle startafter=3Dvideo:&endbefore=3D
][stringToParse][/middle] would definitely work, as would a [middle]/[listwords] hybrid, using colo= n as a delimiter since=20 your desired id code would be the last [word] in the loop [listwords words=3D[middle=20 startafter=3D&endbefore=3D][stringToParse][/middle]&delimiters=3D= :][word][/listwords] -Dan On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:47:38 -0500 David Bastedo wrote: > middle also confuses me . . . :) >=20 > Thanks in advance! >=20 > D. >=20 > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Govinda = wrote: >> or if you are in a rush, why not use [middle] instead? >> if you need more help writing such a [middle] ask again and I'll do it= . >> -Govinda >> >> On Jan 28, 2009, at 3:25 PM, David Bastedo wrote: >> >>> Hi, I am trying to get a youTube VideoID value from the content of th= e ID >>> tag. >>> >>> Example: >>> tag:youtube,2008:video:24Ryj1ywosw >>> >>> so ineffect, I need to parse the following >>> tag:youtube,2008:video:24Ryj1ywosw >>> >>> >>> From YouTube: The tag specifies a URN that uniquely and >>> permanently identifies a feed or video entry. >>> >>> so I believe the solution is a grep to get the content from each of >>> the tag and video elements, as the tag and video labels will not >>> change, but the content will have a varying length. >>> >>> So to get the videoID, I would grep from the colon after video to the >>> end and take everything inbetween . . . of course, that's where it al= l >>> falls apart as I am really just starting to find that I need to lear >>> grep and regular expressions. . . >>> >>> thanks for any help. >>> >>> D. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> David Bastedo >>> Ten Plus One Communications Inc. >>> http://www.10plus1.com >>> 416.603.2223 ext.1 >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >>> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >> >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >> >> >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > David Bastedo > Ten Plus One Communications Inc. > http://www.10plus1.com > 416.603.2223 ext.1 > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ "Dan Strong"

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