I've done well with Regex buddy, but we ended up buying the program. Its interface lets you experiment with regular expressions for various languages, which is far better than examples.
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Dave Kibble <davekib...@gmail.com> wrote: > depends entirely on what you are trying to capture - is the "edit" > always there? is the /admin/users/ always there? > > in general I'm a great fan of http://www.w3schools.com/ but not sure > what to recommend for regular expressions in general - most sites are > confusing rather than educational for the novice :) you can try > http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_obj_regexp.asp > > On 19 August 2010 14:26, Erwin <yves_duf...@mac.com> wrote: > > I tried the following > > > > var editRegExp = /(^.*?)([^\/]*)\/edit\?(.*$)/; > > > > var edit_link = $('edit_user').down('a'); > > var match = editRegExp.exec(edit_link.href.toString()); > > > > on this url : > > > > /admin/users/4c6a275ea326cb01f4000001/edit?locale=en > > > > seems to work , maybe a better writing ? > > > > > > > > On 19 août, 15:10, Erwin <yves_duf...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Hi Dave .. sorry to ask you an additional trick ... but as you are > >> qui good in RegExp ... > >> > >> what if the href is as following : > >> > >> /admin/users/4c6a275ea326cb01f4000001/edit?locale=en > >> > >> in this case (^.*?) is getting the 'edit' string, not the id number : > >> 4c6a275ea326cb01f4000001 > >> > >> btw : which tutorial do you recommend to get a better understanding of > >> RegExp ..? (I found some of them w good explanation but few > >> examples;..) > >> > >> erwin > >> > >> On 18 août, 19:27, Dave Kibble <davekib...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > you might find this regular expression useful: > >> > >> > var myRegExp = /(^.*?)([^\/]*)\?(.*$)/; > >> > var match = myRegExp.exec(link.href.toString()); > >> > alert(match[1] + '\n' + match[2] + '\n' + match[3]); > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<prototype-scriptaculous%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. > To post to this group, send email to > prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<prototype-scriptaculous%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.
