Re: Error in RegExp ?
* Rob Reid ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > At 2:35 PM EST on February 23 Thomas Hurst sent off: > > Easy, just run it through something that gives more detailed errors: > > > > test.rb:2: invalid regular expression; there's no previous pattern, > > to which '*' would define cardinality at 2: > > Can you tell us specifically what "something" is? I used ruby there; C&P'd both regex's into a script and ran Ruby over it. ruby -e '//' would do just as well, as would perl -e or python. I even remeber some Java text editor which had a regex testing plugin. -- Thomas 'Freaky' Hurst - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.aagh.net/ - Speak softly and carry a +6 two-handed sword.
Re: Error in RegExp ?
On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Michael Seiwert wrote: > Hi, Hello > mutt detects an error in one of the following lines but I can't find > an error maybe you see the error. > color body green black "((;|:|8\\:|\\=)(-|=|~|_|-'|%|<|)(\\)|Q|P|\\)%))" > color body redblack "(*)(ACK|ROTFL|LOL|SCNR|BRB|BTW|C|CWYL|FWIW|g|G|b > g|vbg|GIWIST|G,D&R|HHOK|HTH|HTHBE|IMHO|IMNSHO|IOW|IRL|ITRW|OTP|OTF|OIC|OTOH|POV|RL|R > TFM|ROTFL|TTFN|TTYL|U|WAEF|Y|TIMTOWTDI)(*)" Don't you have to put a backslash (\) before the ampersand (&) and possibly the comma so that they are literally those rather then special characters. The ampersand is a global reset command for the variables according to the manual. > The error message: Wrong RegExp in Line ... -- Knute You live, You die. Enjoy the interval! -- Clarence msg24734/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Error in RegExp ?
On 15:56 23 Feb 2002, Rob Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | At 2:35 PM EST on February 23 Thomas Hurst sent off: | > Easy, just run it through something that gives more detailed errors: | > | > test.rb:2: invalid regular expression; there's no previous pattern, to | > which '*' would define cardinality at 2: | | Can you tell us specifically what "something" is? Hmm. Ruby? (Guessing from extension.) Perl might do well too: Eg: perl -e '/regexp-goes-here/' and see if it explodes. -- Cameron Simpson, DoD#743[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ What the hell, it's only 4 month's grant - I can live in a cardboard box, and catch pigeons for food. After all, I've got raytracing to do! - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Error in RegExp ?
At 2:35 PM EST on February 23 Thomas Hurst sent off: > * Michael Seiwert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > mutt detects an error in one of the following lines but I can't find > > an error maybe you see the error. > > > > color body redblack "(*)(ACK|R... > > Easy, just run it through something that gives more detailed errors: > > test.rb:2: invalid regular expression; there's no previous pattern, to > which '*' would define cardinality at 2: Can you tell us specifically what "something" is? Thanks. -- Monosyllabic is not. Robert I. Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://astro.utoronto.ca/~reid/ PGP Key: http://astro.utoronto.ca/~reid/pgp.html
Re: Error in RegExp ?
--PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Alas! Thomas Hurst spake thus: > In other words, (*) is meaningless, since the * doesn't have anything to > attach to (did you mean .* ?) I think he meant "\*". As in, highlight any of those words, when it is between two "*" symbols. --=20 Rob 'Feztaa' Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "Verbogeny is one of the pleasurettes of a creatific thinkerizer." -- Peter da Silva --PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8d/0/PTh2iSBKeccRArZdAJ9pq2bor/CQpu9D+vWGEYHigQtUngCfYEPe kiPQ3kJJlxDHURrZmbcRIfk= =jU/n -END PGP SIGNATURE- --PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr--
Re: Error in RegExp ?
in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote Thomas Hurst thusly... > > * Michael Seiwert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > mutt detects an error in one of the following lines but I can't find > > an error maybe you see the error. > > > > color body redblack "(*)(ACK|ROTFL|LOL|SCNR|BRB|BTW|C|CWYL|FWIW|g|G|b > > >g|vbg|GIWIST|G,D&R|HHOK|HTH|HTHBE|IMHO|IMNSHO|IOW|IRL|ITRW|OTP|OTF|OIC|OTOH|POV|RL|R > > TFM|ROTFL|TTFN|TTYL|U|WAEF|Y|TIMTOWTDI)(*)" ... > > In other words, (*) is meaningless, since the * doesn't have anything to > attach to (did you mean .* ?) ...as is the the ending (*), rather (.*), (meaningless) if you are not going to use the saved value. and, i don't think mutt has the notion of matched/saved strings, at least, not in color context. --
Re: Error in RegExp ?
* Michael Seiwert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > mutt detects an error in one of the following lines but I can't find > an error maybe you see the error. > > color body green black "((;|:|8\\:|\\=)(-|=|~|_|-'|%|<|)(\\)|Q|P|\\)%))" > > color body redblack "(*)(ACK|ROTFL|LOL|SCNR|BRB|BTW|C|CWYL|FWIW|g|G|b > g|vbg|GIWIST|G,D&R|HHOK|HTH|HTHBE|IMHO|IMNSHO|IOW|IRL|ITRW|OTP|OTF|OIC|OTOH|POV|RL|R > TFM|ROTFL|TTFN|TTYL|U|WAEF|Y|TIMTOWTDI)(*)" Easy, just run it through something that gives more detailed errors: test.rb:2: invalid regular expression; there's no previous pattern, to which '*' would define cardinality at 2: /(*)(ACK|ROTFL|LOL|SCNR|BRB |BTW|C|CWYL|FWIW|g|G|bg|vbg|GIWIST|G,D&R|HHOK|HTH|HTHBE|IMHO|IMNSHO| IOW|IRL|ITRW|OTP|OTF|OIC|OTOH|POV|RL|RTFM|ROTFL|TTFN|TTYL|U|WAEF|Y|T IMTOWTDI)(*)/ In other words, (*) is meaningless, since the * doesn't have anything to attach to (did you mean .* ?) -- Thomas 'Freaky' Hurst - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.aagh.net/ - If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. -- Oscar Wilde
Error in RegExp ?
Hi, mutt detects an error in one of the following lines but I can't find an error maybe you see the error. color body green black "((;|:|8\\:|\\=)(-|=|~|_|-'|%|<|)(\\)|Q|P|\\)%))" color body redblack "(*)(ACK|ROTFL|LOL|SCNR|BRB|BTW|C|CWYL|FWIW|g|G|b g|vbg|GIWIST|G,D&R|HHOK|HTH|HTHBE|IMHO|IMNSHO|IOW|IRL|ITRW|OTP|OTF|OIC|OTOH|POV|RL|R TFM|ROTFL|TTFN|TTYL|U|WAEF|Y|TIMTOWTDI)(*)" The error message: Wrong RegExp in Line ... Regards Michael
