Standard Library

[Thierry Douez]

Kay,

>>    put "<(?P<tag>[A-Z][A-Z0-9]*)\b[^>]*>.*?</(?P=tag)>" into RX
>>
>>    if matchText( anyHtmlText, RX) then put "Get it!"
>
> Unfortunately not.

Just tried it right now and it works!

What system and LC version do you have?

Are you sure the copy/paste didn't spoil the original regex
or what else could be?

You know, I certainly can do mistakes when I'm writting
anything here, as I don't have always enough time
to test the code I write.. Errare humanun est..

I wouldn't certainly not reject Livecode or anything else if anyone
send some lines of code with a typo in it.


> At first I thought it was because I was using the msg box

Sorry, I never use the message box, so can't really say anything
about any code used this way..

> Thierry, thank you so much for taking the time to get me sorted out
> with this, but it only reinforces my advise to any new or casual user
> of regex regarding the above online tester: it wont make you an
> expert, or remove the complexity or confusion you may have, but it
> will certainly help you: pinpoint your errors, learn as you go, and
> get you the expressions you need a whole lot faster than working with
> LC + regex alone.

Well, the missing point is in Livecode you don't have any feedback
for any bad-formed pattern matching :(


> Regex is powerful stuff. LC + regex is just giving your stack extra
> horsepower for free.

Well said.

if you feel so we could exchange our stack if you are interested to
find out what's wrong from your side.

Thierry