Regular Expressions

Re: Regular Expression to Change Uppercase Text to Lowercase

24-Dec-20 5:32

The String class has nothing to do with Regexes. You use it to quickly convert all characters to lower case. You can then find some method to capitalise the first letter of each word.

Member 1357268424-Dec-20 5:35

Re: Regular Expression to Change Uppercase Text to Lowercase

24-Dec-20 5:35

Hi Richard,

Sorry to be pain, but could please provide an example

Richard MacCutchan24-Dec-20 5:45

Re: Regular Expression to Change Uppercase Text to Lowercase

24-Dec-20 5:45

I have a better idea. Think about what you are trying to do and work out which methods are likely to help you. You will learn far more by trying things yourself.

Member 1357268424-Dec-20 6:11

Re: Regular Expression to Change Uppercase Text to Lowercase

24-Dec-20 6:11

ok, I will think of something.

I will post it. Hopefully, you'll let me know if I'm on the right track

Member 1357268424-Dec-20 8:13

Re: Regular Expression to Change Uppercase Text to Lowercase

24-Dec-20 8:13

I'm never going to figure it out!

Can I get some hints on a solution?

Member 1357268425-Dec-20 8:41

Re: Regular Expression to Change Uppercase Text to Lowercase

25-Dec-20 8:41

So, this is my attempt

I tried the following regex in Java 8, (?i)(Helló) (Wórld) which matches HeLlÓ WóRlD the replacement string \U$1 \L$2 should become HELLÓ wórld, but it doesn't work.

Can someone please help me???

Gerry Schmitz24-Dec-20 4:57

Gerry Schmitz

24-Dec-20 4:57

In C# (for example) there is no "proper case": one changes to "lower case", then uses "title case".

TextInfo.ToTitleCase(String) Method (System.Globalization) | Microsoft Docs

Quote:
Converts the specified string to title case (except for words that are entirely in uppercase, which are considered to be acronyms).

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Re: Regular Expression to Change Uppercase Text to Lowercase

Member 1357268424-Dec-20 5:14

Capture values using regex

24-Dec-20 5:14

Thanks getting in touch.

I'm using Java 8

Are you able help?

akwillows8-Dec-20 6:22

akwillows

8-Dec-20 6:22

Hi

I'm a Regex novice (very much learning as I go!) and I am trying to write a regex expression to capture the minimum and maximum temperature values in the string below. I'm hoping someone may be able to help e see where I have gone wrong?

class="outsideimage  m0200006341e8" title=""></td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <th>Humidity</th>
                                <td>100%</td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <th valign="top">Temp Min</th>
                                <td valign="top" class="mm">3.1°C</td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <th valign="top">Temp Max</th>
                                <td valign="top" class="mm">5.7°C</td>

I have to include the m00006341e8 in the string to match as there are several other sensors that report in the overall text string and they all have a different serial number. I need to just extract the max and min values for this particular sensor. I think I've allowed for the fact that the humidity value may change

I have tried the following, but it doesn't seem to be working:

For the minimum temperature:

class="outsideimage  m0200006341e8" title=""></td></tr><tr><th>Humidity</th><td>[0-9]*\%</td></tr><tr><th valign="top">Temp Min</th><td valign="top" class="mm">([-]?[0-9]*[.]?[0-9]?)

and for the maximum temperature:

class="outsideimage  m0200006341e8" title=""></td></tr><tr><th>Humidity</th><td>[0-9]*\%</td></tr><tr><th valign="top">Temp Min</th><td valign="top" class="mm">[-]?[0-9]*[.]?[0-9]?°C</td></tr><tr><th valign="top">Temp Max</th><td valign="top" class="mm">([-]?[0-9]*[.]?[0-9]?)°C</td>

Re: Capture values using regex

Richard Deeming8-Dec-20 6:35

Re: Capture values using regex

8-Dec-20 6:35

Don't try to use regular expressions to parse HTML. Use a library which is designed for the job instead.

For example, in .NET you should use either AngleSharp[^] or Html Agility Pack[^].

You may also need to look at the surrounding HTML - based on the fragment you've shown, it's not clear whether the data from the other sensors is sufficiently separated from the data you're trying to extract.

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akwillows8-Dec-20 6:37

akwillows

8-Dec-20 6:37

Thanks Richard. Unfortunately, in the software I am using, I don't have an alternative and have to use Regex since that is all that is supported. I've since realised that it IS capturing the minimum temperature correctly, but it is not returning the Maximum temperature for some reason.

Re: Capture values using regex

Richard Deeming8-Dec-20 21:39

A Regular Expression that will search and replace characters from a string

8-Dec-20 21:39

Check the raw source of the string you're trying to match. It could be that the ° character is actually °, °, or °. Or it could be a different Unicode character entirely - for example:

º = º / º / º
˚ = &ring; / ˚ / ˚
ᵒ = ᵒ / ᵒ
゜ = ゜ / ゜
ᣞ = ᣞ / ᣞ
⁰ = ⁰ / ⁰

Your minimum temperature regex doesn't try to match the character, but your maximum temp regex does.

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Member 135726842-Dec-20 9:05

Re: A Regular Expression that will search and replace characters from a string

2-Dec-20 9:05

Hello Community,

I'm trying to compile a regular expression that will search for strings that exclude certain characters.

For example, the following string value has 6 leading 0's

000000120

The next string excludes the 0's

121
122

I would like a regular expression that can find strings without the leading 0's and then add the 0's to it.

Therefore, 121, and 122 would become 000000121 and 000000122.

Can you help with this?

Thanks

Carlton

Richard Deeming2-Dec-20 22:23

Re: A Regular Expression that will search and replace characters from a string

2-Dec-20 22:23

How about:

\b[1-9]\d*\b

Demo[^]

Adding the correct number of leading zeros will depend on the language you're using. For example, in C#:

string output = Regex.Replace(input, @"\b[1-9]\d*\b", match => match.Value.PadLeft(9, '0'));

In Javascript:

JavaScript

const output = input.replace(/\b[1-9]\d*\b/g, match => match.padStart(9, '0'));

Demo[^]

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Member 135726843-Dec-20 0:52

Re: A Regular Expression that will search and replace characters from a string

3-Dec-20 0:52

This is fantastic. However, my platform uses javase and the following regex was able to pick out the strings without leading 0's e.g. 121 and 122. However, the regex "(9, '0')" doesn't replace 121, and 122 with 000000121 and 000000122. Nevertheless, this is great.

\b[1-9]\d*\b</

GenJerDan3-Dec-20 1:38

GenJerDan

3-Dec-20 1:38

Does it have to be regex?

There's

StringUtils.leftPad ()

if you want to pad with leading 0s, as long as you know the total length you want. Or use a format string to do it.

String paddedStr = String.format("%09d", originalVal);

(I think)

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RegEx: Get Values from HTML Attribute Tags

Member 1046475230-Sep-20 19:47

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30-Sep-20 19:47

I need to get the values from below following html snippet. So far I came up with this regex which helps me trim it down to the values I needed, but to automate this I need to join 2 regex statements to get the result "18" which is where I am stuck at. Or Please suggest a better method for me get the values.

I am using WebHarvey scraping tool. The program is based on .net but it doesn't support inserting .net code so I need only regex command.

First Regex Statement
(?s)(?<=attribute bathroom).+?(?=\/span)
Result:

" title="Bathrooms" style="  ">
                    <span class="value" style="  ">18<

Second Regex Statement
(?s)(?<=<span class="value" style=" ">).+?(?=<)
Result: 18

HTML Snippet

<ul class="iconContainer" style="  ">
                <li class="attribute propertyId">
                    xxx1
                </li>
                <li class="attribute propertyType">
                    Factory
                </li>
                <li class="attribute bathroom" title="Bathrooms" style="  ">
                    18
                </li>
                <li class="attribute carspace" title="Car Spaces" style="  ">
                    18
                </li>
                <li class="attribute landArea">
                        <span title="Land Area">
                            5,010<span class="unit">mclass="superscript"></span>
                        </span>
                    <span>|</span>
                        <span title="Floor Area">
                            9,270<span class="unit">m^__b class="superscript">2</span>
                        </span>
                </li>
        </ul>

Richard MacCutchan30-Sep-20 21:26

30-Sep-20 21:26

Please do not repost the same question. You can easily edit your own questions if you need to add more details.

Richard Deeming30-Sep-20 22:14

30-Sep-20 22:14

Don't try to use Regex to parse an HTML document. You'll end up with an extremely fragile solution, where even the slightest change to the source document will cause it to break.

Use a proper HTML parsing library instead - for example, AngleSharp[^].

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Member 104647521-Oct-20 3:58

Member 10464752

1-Oct-20 3:58

In my question I have mentioned "

I am using WebHarvey scraping tool. The program is based on .net but it doesn't support inserting .net code so I need only regex command.

"

I cannot use any solution except using regex in this tool. When 2 of my regex statements are bringing the result I wanted then I am pretty sure using regex can get the solution needed but due to lack of knowledge I am stuck here.

Parsing HTML with regex is not best practice but I am willing to take the risk. Suggest a solution please.

Dave Kreskowiak1-Oct-20 4:41

Dave Kreskowiak

1-Oct-20 4:41

He was saying instead of using WebHarvery, use AngleSharp instead.

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Richard Deeming1-Oct-20 4:41

1-Oct-20 4:41

I'd suggest getting a better scraping tool, or writing your own. Smile | :)

Given the sample input, this regex should match:

(?<=class="attribute bathroom"[^>]*>\s*<span[^>]*>)[^<]+

Demo[^]

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String Replacement

Michael Eckstein19-Sep-20 20:27

Michael Eckstein

19-Sep-20 20:27

Hi, I'd lke to subsitute the string Alfa("Beta") to Alfa(Gamma("Beta")) using regular expressions in Visual Studio using regexp.
The first part is simple, the search string will be Alfa$"(.*)"$
But how to specify the replacement string? I used Alfa$Gamma\("(.*)"$\) , but the result was Alfa(Gamma("(.*)")) and not the requested Alfa(Gamma("Beta"))
Thank you for your advice in advance

Re: String Replacement

Richard MacCutchan19-Sep-20 21:11