Wildcards not pulling correctly.

Posted by Sleaker on Sat 21 Sep 2002 04:04 AM — 5 posts, 20,984 views.

Sleaker Sat 21 Sep 2002 04:04 AM #0

Okay I have a trigger:
^[A-Za-z *]*\[(?:.*?)\](?:.*?) x:(?:.*?) y:(?:.*?) z:(?:.*?) r:(.*?) b:(.*?) s:(.*?) h:(.*?) S:(.*?)

you remember this don't you YEAH!
Sample of what it's trying to parse:
PS*[ps]B Alpha Mongoo x: 5 y: 5 z: 0 r: 3.3 b:298 s: 0.0 h: 0 S: S

okay,

When the script runs:

Sub Store_Contact2(thename, theoutput, theparameter)
'Inputs: Contact information from contacts last 5 items.
'Outputs: None.
'Purpose: Store contact data on target for later use.
strRange = World.GetVariable("SecContactColor") & "Range: " & World.GetVariable("PriContactColor") & Trim(theparameter(1))
strSpeed = World.GetVariable("SecContactColor") & "Speed: " & World.GetVariable("PriContactColor") & Trim(theparameter(3))
strHead = World.GetVariable("SecContactColor") & "Head: " & World.GetVariable("PriContactColor") & Trim(theparameter(4))
strStatus = World.GetVariable("SecContactColor") & "Status: " & World.GetVariable("PriContactColor") & Trim(theparameter(5))
StoreContact
End Sub

It just inputs blank values instead of
str = this stuff
so when I try using the info I am using all blank values except for the World.GetVarables.
so the Trim(theparameter(#))s are returning blanks..

Now my first question is, is the trigger correct and then why is it giving blanks back yet the script is still being run..

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Sat 21 Sep 2002 04:27 AM #1

Seems to me you need to "escape" the asterisk, otherwise it is looking for multiple spaces, not a space or an asterisk. I got this to work, I usually try displaying the wildcards first (see example below) and then work on the script.


<triggers>
  <trigger
   custom_colour="2"
   enabled="y"
   match="^[A-Za-z \*]*\[(?:.*?)\](?:.*?) x:(?:.*?) y:(?:.*?) z:(?:.*?) r:(.*?) b:(.*?) s:(.*?) h:(.*?) S:(.*?)$"
   regexp="y"
   send_to="2"
   sequence="100"
  >
  <send>w 1 = %1
w 2 = %2
w 3 = %3
w 4 = %3
w 5 = %5</send>
  </trigger>
</triggers>

Sleaker Sat 21 Sep 2002 05:37 AM #2

ahh for some reason it liked started working when I put another A-Z inside the first []

Magnum Canada Sat 21 Sep 2002 04:40 PM #3


^[A-Za-z \*]*\[(?:.*?)\](?:.*?) x:(?:.*?) y:(?:.*?) z:(?:.*?) r:(.*?) b:(.*?) s:(.*?) h:(.*?) S:(.*?)$
    ^
    ^
   I think this will be wildcard 1, if I understand that right.

You may want to add more escape characters:


^[A-Za-z \*]*\[(?:.*?)\](?:.*?) x\:(?:.*?) y\:(?:.*?) z\:(?:.*?) r\:(.*?) b\:(.*?) s\:(.*?) h\:(.*?) S\:(.*?)$

...but if you have it working, you may not want to play with it any more.

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Sat 21 Sep 2002 11:40 PM #4

Quote:

I think this will be wildcard 1, if I understand that right.

No, because it is not in round brackets.