Matchchunk problem?

[David Vaughan]

Dave

Thanks for that. The regex part is no problem. Not immediately finding 
the form of it I assumed it was primitive DOS-like stuff (I should have 
read your sign-off line!) but the bit about enclosing it in parentheses 
to capture the values was the crucial part I missed. Thanks again.

David

On Thursday, February 7, 2002, at 12:05 , Dave Cragg wrote:

> At 9:41 pm +1100 6/2/02, David Vaughan wrote:
>> The following script:
>>   put "frog frog"  into avar
>>   put 1 into x
>>   put 1 into y
>>   get matchchunk(avar,"F*g",x,y)
>>   put it  && x && y
>>
>> returns "true  "  ...so what happened to the chunk values expected
>> in "x" and "y" ?
>> What I was REALLY trying to test was whether it would return in x
>> and y "1 4" or "1 9", but now I would love to know why I get neither
>> (matchtext fails similarly). What have I done wrong?
>>
>
> This regex stuff needs a twisted mind to master. :)
>
> Two problems with the script:
>
> 1. The regular expression "F*g" is trying to match "any number of F's , 
> including none" followed by a "g". This means if there is a "g" 
> anywhere in the text, it will match and thus return true.
>
> I think you want "F.*g" ("F" followed by any number of characters 
> followed by "g")
>
> 2.  To get values returned in the variables, you need to enclose the 
> relevant part of the regex in parentheses.
>
> on mouseUp
>   put "frog frog"  into avar
>   put 1 into x
>   put 1 into y
>   get matchchunk(avar,"(F.*g)",x,y)
>   put it  && x && y
> end mouseUp
>
> It returns "true 1 9"
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave Cragg
> (Revolution --It's got the power)
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