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Regular Expression, Match previous word
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| Posted by
| Joseisme
(11 posts) Bio
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| Date
| Wed 07 Nov 2012 04:42 AM (UTC) |
| Message
| I am trying to figure out a way to match any one word before a known word.
In these examples I am trying to match the word before 'has' so I can pass it on to other triggers so my client knows what has just died.
I am matching these.
Quote:
A dirty rat has been defeated.
or
An ancient red spirit has been defeated.
For these examples I only want the words 'rat' or 'spirit'. Not 'dirty rat' or 'ancient red spirit'. The exact number of adjectives before the main word is unknown but the following word 'has' is constant.
I have tried this but I only get 'rat has' at %3.
Quote:
^(A|a|an|An|the|The) (.*?) (.*? has) been defeated\.$
How can I get this to work so it matches the word just before 'has'?
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,133 posts) Bio
Forum Administrator |
| Date
| Reply #1 on Wed 07 Nov 2012 05:51 AM (UTC) Amended on Wed 07 Nov 2012 05:55 AM (UTC) by Nick Gammon
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| Message
| This, maybe?
<triggers>
<trigger
custom_colour="2"
enabled="y"
match="^(A|a|an|An|the|The) (.*) ((\w+) has) been defeated\.$"
regexp="y"
send_to="2"
sequence="100"
>
<send>
%%1 = %1
%%2 = %2
%%3 = %3
%%4 = %4
</send>
</trigger>
</triggers>
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Output from your test data:
A dirty rat has been defeated.
%1 = A
%2 = dirty
%3 = rat has
%4 = rat
An ancient red spirit has been defeated.
%1 = An
%2 = ancient red
%3 = spirit has
%4 = spirit
Nested wildcards saved the day. :) |
- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,133 posts) Bio
Forum Administrator |
| Date
| Reply #2 on Wed 07 Nov 2012 05:54 AM (UTC) |
| Message
| Or reduce the number of wildcards:
<triggers>
<trigger
custom_colour="2"
enabled="y"
match="^(?:A|a|an|An|the|The) .* (\w+) has been defeated\.$"
regexp="y"
send_to="2"
sequence="100"
>
<send>
%%1 = %1
</send>
</trigger>
</triggers>
Output:
A dirty rat has been defeated.
%1 = rat
An ancient red spirit has been defeated.
%1 = spirit
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- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,133 posts) Bio
Forum Administrator |
| Date
| Reply #3 on Wed 07 Nov 2012 05:56 AM (UTC) |
| Message
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Regular expressions
- Regular expressions (as used in triggers and aliases) are documented on the Regular expression tips forum page.
- Also see how Lua string matching patterns work, as documented on the Lua string.find page.
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- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Joseisme
(11 posts) Bio
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| Date
| Reply #4 on Fri 09 Nov 2012 12:04 PM (UTC) |
| Message
| | As always thanks for the reply, that worked like a charm. You also taught me some very useful tricks which I plan to apply to a few other triggers. | | Top |
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