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Regex Troubles #149384 17/05/06 08:42 PM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1 T Terrab OP Mostly harmless
OP Terrab Mostly harmless T Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1	I am trying to use non-capturing parenthesis in an on-text regex: Code: on $*:text:/^[+-](.+?)(?: (.+))?$/:#: { but it fails every time. I tried: Code: $regex(+Command params,/^[+-](.+?)(?: (.+))?$/) and it matched just fine. Could some one tell me why this isn't working? Thanks. -Terrab

Re: Regex Troubles #149385 17/05/06 11:32 PM
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,881 H hixxy Hoopy frood
hixxy Hoopy frood H Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,881	The : is a special character in event definitions, so you cannot use the non-capturing ?:

Re: Regex Troubles #149386 20/05/06 03:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,962 Norwich, UK S starbucks_mafia Hoopy frood
starbucks_mafia Hoopy frood S Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,962 Norwich, UK	You can't use : directly in an event for the reason hixxy gave, however you can use $() around the matchtext to make mIRC evaluate it beforehand so that you can use $chr(58) in place of :. ie. Code: on $*:text:/^[+-](.+?)(?[color:red] $+ $chr(58)[/color] (.+))?$/:#: { Spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, and stupid comments are intentional.

Re: Regex Troubles #149387 20/05/06 03:53 PM
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,881 H hixxy Hoopy frood
hixxy Hoopy frood H Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,881	I never thought of doing that before. Good idea.

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