filter list_of_files with REGEX xyz?

[Lagi Pittas]

I used (without the gif)

.*\.jpj|jpeg|png|gif

The above is not case sensitive  - just tested it

Lagi

On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 at 14:45, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> (?i) turn off case sensitivity for everything after it in the regex
> expression. (?-i) turns it back on again for everything after it.
>
> Ralph DiMola
> IT Director
> Evergreen Information Services
> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On
> Behalf Of Brian Milby via use-livecode
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2018 9:19 AM
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Cc: Brian Milby
> Subject: Re: filter list_of_files with REGEX xyz?
>
> RegEx pattern
> Sorry, I was just giving the pattern, not the syntax.
> Also, it will probably be case sensitive in that format. I won’t be able
> to test until later. I don’t recall the case insensitive flag off hand.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
> On Aug 17, 2018, 8:15 AM -0500, Klaus major-k via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>, wrote:
> > Hi Brian,
> >
> > > Am 17.08.2018 um 14:40 schrieb Brian Milby via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> > >
> > > Pattern “*.(jpe?g|png|gif)”
> >
> > thanks, but that does not work!?
> >
> > I tried:
> > on mouseUp pMouseButton
> > answer folder "sdsdsdsd"
> > put it into tFolder
> > put files(tFolder) into tList
> > filter tList with pattern "*.(jpe?g|png|gif)"
> > answer tList
> > end mouseUp
> >
> > tList = EMPTY, I made of course sure there are JPG, PNG and GIF files in
> that folder.
> >
> > Same when I use:
> > ...
> > filter lines of tList with pattern "*.(jpe?g|png|gif)"
> > ...
> > Any clues?
> >
> > > Thanks,
> >
> > You're welcome! :-)
> >
> > > Brian
> > > On Aug 17, 2018, 6:44 AM -0500, Klaus major-k via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>, wrote:
> > > > Hi friends,
> > > >
> > > > I know how to:
> > > > ...
> > > > filter list_of_files with "*.jpg"
> > > > ...
> > > > But REGEX stuff is way over my head. :-/ Can anyone provide the
> > > > regex/pattern syntax for filtering jpg, png etc. in ONE run? Know
> > > > what I mean?
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Klaus
> >
> > --
> > Klaus Major
> > http://www.major-k.de
> > klaus at major-k.de
> >
> >
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