Re: [Nolug] test

I think the [abc|ABC] should have been in ()'s as in (abc|ABC) same with the single a|A but the square brackets may work, it's too late tonight for me to test lol but you get the idea..
On Wednesday, June 10, 2009 10:37 PM, Louis.Ross@selu.edu wrote:
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>Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:37:35 -0500
>From: Louis.Ross@selu.edu
>To: nolug@nolug.org
>cc:
>Subject: Re: [Nolug] test
>
>why not literally use the '-' in between?
>/^(.+)[abc|ABC]-[a|A]706(.*)$/
>/^(.+)[abc|ABC]\-[a|A]706(.*)$/
>
>(I'm not sure the - may have to be escaped by a \slash, try it both ways)
>this also says lower or uppercase "abc" and lower or uppercase 'a'
>Guy
>On Wednesday, June 10, 2009 10:27 PM, Petri Laihonen wrote:
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>>Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:27:56 -0500
>>From: Petri Laihonen
>>To: nolug@nolug.org
>>cc:
>>Subject: Re: [Nolug] test
>>
>>OK... Trying to learn something here.... I've read today from here and
>>there, a dot is the "universal" match-all, though should be used cautiously.
>>Some of my attempts to form the regex expression involved square
>>brackets []... apparently those are not needed.
>>
>>Now if I want to match with 2 parts of the original string.....
>>
>>How does this look like?
>>/^(.+)abc(.)a706(.+)$/
>>
>>Petri
>>
>>
>>
>>Louis.Ross@selu.edu wrote:
>>> try
>>> /^(.+)a706(.+)$/
>>> starts with one or more of any character followed by literally 'a706'
>>> or
>>>
>>>
>>> preg_match('/^(.+)a706\/(.+)\/(.+)$/',"$test_string");
>>>
>>> starts with one or more of any character followed by literally 'a706' and then /, more chars, /,more chars at the end of the string
>>>
>>>
>>> returns boolean true if $test_string contains 'a706' in the specified position
>>> also
>>> $1 == 'model-abc-';
>>> $2 == 'software version 0.3';
>>> $3 == 'sumptin else';
>>> will return true
>>>
>>> That's all I got, there's more ways to skin that cat for sure.
>>>
>>> Guy Ross
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:16 PM, Chris Jones wrote:
>>>
>>>> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:16:39 -0500
>>>> From: Chris Jones
>>>> To: nolug@nolug.org
>>>> cc:
>>>> Subject: Re: [Nolug] test
>>>>
>>>> Generally, regex's are more picky than that. A isn't going to match
>>>> a, plus all those characters before and after the regex have to be
>>>> matched wtih a wildcard. It really depends on what you're trying to
>>>> do that determines the right approach.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Petri Laihonen<pietu@weblizards.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Tried to send again, but for some reason this post does not appear in the
>>>>> nolug list.
>>>>> Therefore, since my reply to "test" appeared, perhaps this one does too.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Orig Subject: Regex help needed
>>>>>
>>>>> Do we have any regex geniuses on the wire?
>>>>>
>>>>> I've heard regular expressions are powerful thing....... I agree ....they
>>>>> are very powerful driving you nuts trying to figure them out.....
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to match 2 strings together.... (Will use in a PHP environment)
>>>>> String 1: "ABC%A706" (Where % is a wildcard, thus should match to any
>>>>> character)
>>>>> String 2: "
>>>>>
>>> a706/ software version 0.3 /sumptin else"
>>>
>>>>> String 3: "model-abc-h706/ software version 0.3 /sumptin else"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> With the above strings, 1 and 2 would be match, but 1 and 3 are not.
>>>>>
>>>>> In other words, anything before, on the % sign, and after the string 1
>>>>> is OK. As long as portions "abc" and "a706" are found from the longer
>>>>> string with only one character, ....any character in between them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any hints?
>>>>>
>>>>> Petri
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Joey Kelly wrote:
>>>>>
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