$hfind can't find regex that matches $null

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$hfind can't find regex that matches $null #263076 24/05/18 09:27 PM

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Code:

alias testcase {
  var %regex = /^$/
  echo -a -- $regex(%regex,$null) ; verify regex matches
  hadd -m testcase %regex 42
  echo -a -- $hfind(testcase,$null,0,R) ; <--- bug here; $hfind returns non-numeric value when it should return 1
}

Re: $hfind can't find regex that matches $null [Re: Seb] #263081 24/05/18 10:36 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,339 maroon Hoopy frood
maroon Hoopy frood Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,339	I'm guessing that $null is being treated as if a missing a required parameter, and is the same as $hfind(testcase,,0,R)

Re: $hfind can't find regex that matches $null [Re: maroon] #263083 25/05/18 02:28 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,692 Raccoon Hoopy frood
Raccoon Hoopy frood Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,692	> $regex(%regex,$null) Incorrect $regex() syntax. Try $regex($null,%regex) Well. At least I won lunch. Good philosophy, see good in bad, I like!

Re: $hfind can't find regex that matches $null [Re: Seb] #263085 25/05/18 09:24 AM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,702 France W Wims Hoopy frood
Wims Hoopy frood W Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,702 France	Confirmed on 7.52 non beta Raccoon: the first $regex test is meant to show the attempt of $hfind(,,,R)'s function Looking for a good help channel about mIRC? Check #mircscripting @ irc.swiftirc.net

Re: $hfind can't find regex that matches $null [Re: Wims] #263090 25/05/18 08:45 PM
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Raccoon Hoopy frood Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,692	It remains that the first $regex test is incorrect, and it incorrectly represents $hfind -R Well. At least I won lunch. Good philosophy, see good in bad, I like!

Re: $hfind can't find regex that matches $null [Re: Raccoon] #263091 25/05/18 09:49 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,702 France W Wims Hoopy frood
Wims Hoopy frood W Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,702 France	How is it incorrect? It's unusual but it's to illustrate the report, it does ask if the regular expression "" matches the string "/^$/", which is what $hfind's R is doing Looking for a good help channel about mIRC? Check #mircscripting @ irc.swiftirc.net

Re: $hfind can't find regex that matches $null [Re: Wims] #263092 25/05/18 10:03 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,692 Raccoon Hoopy frood
Raccoon Hoopy frood Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,692	$hfind -R (reversed regex) is where regular expression patterns are stored in a hash table, and compared against the normal string passed in the $hfind parameter. $null is the normal string, not an 'unusual pattern'. Just look at it. It's wrong, and you're wrong. :P This isn't to say that $hfind() supports $null string parameters -- it doesn't -- but at least grasp the fundamentals of how mIRC works, Ouims! $hfind() never works in any situation when $null is passed, whether -n -w -W -r -R are specified. This is a limitation of $hfind() (The $regex qualitative test is still wrong.) Well. At least I won lunch. Good philosophy, see good in bad, I like!

Re: $hfind can't find regex that matches $null [Re: Raccoon] #263093 25/05/18 10:15 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,702 France W Wims Hoopy frood
Wims Hoopy frood W Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,702 France	Uh well you're right that pattern don't become test string, I mixed things up here, but the usage of $regex is still valid/correct, (even if it's pointless), and the issue on $hfind does exist. I disagree it's a limitation, $hfind should not be limited on the input it can receive, if $hfind were limited with the $null usage here, it wouldn't return incorrect value, it would return 0 instead of a possible positive integer Last edited by Wims; 25/05/18 10:18 PM. Looking for a good help channel about mIRC? Check #mircscripting @ irc.swiftirc.net

Re: $hfind can't find regex that matches $null [Re: Wims] #263094 25/05/18 10:22 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,692 Raccoon Hoopy frood
Raccoon Hoopy frood Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,692	$hfind() gives no return value when '$null' is passed. This indicates that it does not work, as it does not work with many identifiers. We would have a problem if $hfind() returned 0 or some other value that isn't nothing. Nothing means Error. Should, or can, it be made to work? Sure, why not. I could see it useful in cases of $hfind(table,$null,0).data to discover table entries with null empty values. Or, whatever the original poster is trying to do as well. Well. At least I won lunch. Good philosophy, see good in bad, I like!

Re: $hfind can't find regex that matches $null [Re: Raccoon] #263095 25/05/18 10:39 PM
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Wims Hoopy frood W Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,702 France	This parameter is a string parameter, I can't think of any identifier which takes a string parameter which won't work with $null. This is not an error, $hfind should return 1 here. Looking for a good help channel about mIRC? Check #mircscripting @ irc.swiftirc.net

Re: $hfind can't find regex that matches $null [Re: Wims] #263124 03/06/18 06:40 PM
Joined: May 2018 Posts: 13 S Seb OP Pikka bird
OP Seb Pikka bird S Joined: May 2018 Posts: 13	Yes, my bad, I meant to reverse the $regex parameters... Corrected testcase: Code: alias testcase { var %regex = /^$/ echo -a -- $regex($null,%regex) ; verify regex matches hadd -m testcase %regex 42 echo -a -- $hfind(testcase,$null,0,R) ; <--- bug here; $hfind returns non-numeric value when it should return 1 }

Re: $hfind can't find regex that matches $null [Re: Seb] #263985 18/10/18 10:00 AM
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Khaled Hoopy frood Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 4,753 London, UK	Thanks this issue has been fixed for the next version.