Re: String manipulation in Webcatalog
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39070
interpreted = N
texte = 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+$&replace=\1][likenumber][/grep]which is to say find any sequence numbers that do not include 0 and are followed to the end of line by only zeros and replace it by just the number.John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Laeg Ent. wrote: > > [grep > search=0+([0-9]+)0+&replace=\1][likenumber][/grep] > > this just gets rid of the initial zeros...... > > 0010200 results in 10200 > Sorry, the ([0-9]+) is too greedy (snagging all trailing zeros). If you were using Perl, you could use this instead: [grep search=0+([0-9]+?)0+&replace=\1][likenumber][/grep]which would be the nongreedy version of 1 or more. In this case, you will have to pick off the initial zeros then strip the trailing zeros. Do this to strip the trailing zeros: [grep search=([1-9]+)0+$&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 -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- 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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