replaceText problem

[Mike Bonner]

My mistake. Works with filter too. :)

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 8:13 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:

> The regex builder thats part of LC is pretty good for immediate feedback
> too, and has the benefit that it can place (hopefull working) code into the
> clipboard for pasting into script, after choosing matchtext or matchchunk.
> (still helpful for figuring out the regex for filter, though no
> autogenerated code)  All you have to do after pasting is specify the
> container of text to check.  It is limited i'm sure, but is still pretty
> darn helpful.
>
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 7:05 PM, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macmail at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 12:44 AM, Bob Sneidar <bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com
>> >
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I read up on this, thinking that LC was implementing some substandard
>> > regex functionality. Turns out this is the state of affairs in the regex
>> > world.
>> >
>> > I don't know where Pete was reading that certain regex characters are
>> not
>> supported, and whilst I agree the Dictionary is very scarce with regex
>> examples in the entry for matchText it states that LC uses the PCRE
>> implementation of regex. Yes there are different flavours of regex which
>> is
>> why I like this online regex tester:
>>
>> https://regex101.com/#pcre
>>
>> It allows you to select the flavour of regex you want to use; too many of
>> the other online regex testers are JavaScript based or Python.
>>
>> This site has a load of example (if you click on the Community tab at the
>> top) so in many cases you don't even have to write any regex as someone
>> has
>> already written it for you. It's also nice that if you do write the regex
>> yourself (or click on one of the examples) the Explanation box at top
>> right
>> automatically fills with an explanation of what it's doing - which may or
>> may not match what you're trying to achieve ;-)
>>
>> But best of all, unlike writing regex in LC which gives you no feedback at
>> all about your syntax, by using the online test you are given immediate
>> feedback, i.e. if you enter the regex Pete listed in his original post the
>> online tester immediately highlights the opening bracket in red - and in
>> the Explanation box it tells you that it's missing it's closing bracket.
>> Easy.
>>
>> If it works on this website it will work in LC.
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