Seeing as you have specific abbreviations, I don't understand why Regular Expressions are entering into this.
You should have the abbreviations and their actual words stored in a database (maybe an XML doc somewhere), then just compare each one, one a word to abbreviation basis. Regular Expressions are not going to work in this scenario unless there are very specific rules that all possible use cases can conform to. On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Karl DeSaulniers <k...@designdrumm.com>wrote: > Ah yes. That's a great one too. > > Karl > > Sent from losPhone > > > On Jul 22, 2010, at 3:07 PM, Matt Perkins <nudoru.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Grant Skinner has a great tool for building and testing RegEx >> http://gskinner.com/RegExr/ >> >> I've used it a lot lately - i'm new to RegEx and this makes it a lot less >> intimidating! >> >> >> On 7/22/2010 3:54 PM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: >> >>> Hi guys, >>> Sorry to barge in, but I found this site to be helpful with RegExp. >>> Might help you too. Its in javascript, but found it easily translated >>> into AS. >>> >>> http://lawrence.ecorp.net/inet/samples/regexp-intro.php >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Karl >>> >>> >>> On Jul 22, 2010, at 2:37 PM, Cor wrote: >>> >>> Thanks again David. >>>> >>>> RegExp are a bit scary for me too. :-) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>>> [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of David >>>> Hunter >>>> Sent: donderdag 22 juli 2010 21:14 >>>> To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>>> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] How to handle String the best way >>>> >>>> >>>> String.replace() then a regular expression like /[,\.!\?:;\\\/]/g and >>>> replace it with nothing: "". You'll probably want to check which >>>> characters >>>> to remove but remember to use an escape slash for certain characters. >>>> Haven't tried it but there are some examples and lots of help in the >>>> docs >>>> and more online. not that knowledgeable on regular expressions to be >>>> honest. >>>> >>>> From: c...@chello.nl >>>>> To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>>>> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] How to handle String the best way >>>>> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:10:46 +0200 >>>>> >>>>> Thanks David. >>>>> >>>>> I think you understood exactly what I want. >>>>> The String.split() was also what I had in mind, but I don't know how to >>>>> do >>>>> >>>> a >>>> >>>>> regular expression to strip out any punctuation or unwanted characters. >>>>> >>>>> Do you have an example of such action? >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>>>> [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of David >>>>> >>>> Hunter >>>> >>>>> Sent: donderdag 22 juli 2010 14:50 >>>>> To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>>>> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] How to handle String the best way >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Not entirely sure if i understand what you want to do, but you could >>>>> use a >>>>> regular expression to strip out any punctuation or unwanted characters. >>>>> String.split() breaks a string into an array of strings by using a >>>>> >>>> specified >>>> >>>>> delimiter which could be a " " space in this situation, so each word is >>>>> an >>>>> element in an array. >>>>> Apply this process to both your strings and you end up with two arrays >>>>> >>>> which >>>> >>>>> should be easy to compare words and cycle through all the elements. >>>>> Hope >>>>> that helps, but I've probably misunderstood what you want to do! David >>>>> >>>>> From: c...@chello.nl >>>>>> To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>>>>> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:46:58 +0200 >>>>>> Subject: [Flashcoders] How to handle String the best way >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi List, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am trying to find how to best compare 2 strings(word by word). >>>>>> I have 2 texts, one fully written and one abbreviated. >>>>>> The texts have exactly the same amount of words and they are in the >>>>>> same >>>>>> order. >>>>>> So in the text field one word is highlighted. >>>>>> The user has to fill in the abbreviation of the text(word by word). >>>>>> The user fills in his "translation" and ENTERS to confirm. >>>>>> And then the app has to compare the words. >>>>>> >>>>>> He can choose to practice from abbreviation to fully written words or >>>>>> >>>>> vice >>>> >>>>> versa. >>>>>> >>>>>> So what is the best way to do this, keeping in mind that special >>>>>> >>>>> characters >>>>> >>>>>> (like .,:;! space) must not be judged. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any idea is welcome. >>>>>> >>>>>> TIA >>>>>> Cor >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Flashcoders mailing list >>>>>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>>>>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _________________________________________________________________ >>>>> http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ >>>>> Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? 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