regex backreferences

[Kaveh]

It's two years since I have been in contact, but this is the email I had:

th.douez at sunny-tdz.com

Regards
Kaveh

On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 at 16:37, Douglas A. Ruisaard via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> None of the links to acquire nor contact Thierry on his site (<
> https://sunny-tdz.com/livecode/sunnyrex>) work.  They just hang
> indefinitely... but the web site, itself, appears to be functrional.
>
> Can anyone provide an alternative means to contact this developer?
>
> Douglas Ruisaard
>
>     Trilogy Software
>       (250) 573-3935
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On
> Behalf Of Devin Asay via use-livecode
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 7:54 AM
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Cc: Devin Asay
> Subject: Re: regex backreferences
>
> Thanks for confirming, Jacque and Kaveh. I figured that was the case. I
> can stop beating my head against it now!
>
> Now for a trip to workaround land!
>
> - Devin
>
> On Dec 15, 2021, at 2:46 AM, Kaveh via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>>
> wrote:
>
> This is a major shortcoming and I have wanted this for years. Thierry has
> filled the gap with his excellent SunnyRex library
> <https://sunny-tdz.com/livecode/sunnyrex>. I have used it successfully, I
> recommend it, and it works well. He has also supported me well after I
> purchased SunnyRex. But it is a proprietary dependency and that is
> something at the back of my mind.
>
> It would be great if LiveCode could add this feature. Or perhaps come to an
> agreement with Thierry so that we reduce dependencies.
>
> Regards
> Kaveh
>
> On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 at 03:42, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>>
> wrote:
>
> I wish it did, but replaceText doesn't support back references. The
> parameters at the end are treated as literals, whether as actual quoted
> literals or variables containing a value.
>
> If there isn't a feature request for it, there should be.
> --
> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com<mailto:
> jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
> On December 14, 2021 6:03:12 PM Devin Asay via use-livecode
> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>>
> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Does the replaceText() function allow the use of backreferences to
> retain
> groupings of text between matches. For example, if I have some text like
> this:
>
> <p><span style=‘cruft'>Good stuff here.</span></p>
>
> I want to end up something like this:
>
> <h1>Good stuff here.”</h1>
>
> In BBedit I can search for <p><span style=“cruft”>(.*)</span></p> and
> replace it with <h1>\1</h1> and it preserves the run of text designated
> by
> parentheses.
> (I know, I can get more fancy on matching the runs of html tags, but I’m
> mainly interested in retaining the text, not in regex madness.)
>
> In LC this does not work:
>
>  put replaceText(myText,"<p><span
>  style=“cruft”>(.*)</span></p>”,”<h1>\1</h1>”) into myText
>
> I just end up with <h1>\1</h1>, when I want <h1>Good stuff here.</h1>
>
> Can replaceText even do this?
>
> - Devin
>
>
> Devin Asay
> Office of Digital Humanities
> Brigham Young University
>
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