Regex Help Needed
I have a list of characters. I need to get a
list of all possble sequences of these characters for example.
I have a string that consists of '-mevqgn' I need
to pattern match any combination of 'mevqgn' with a preceding - or
--.
Right now this is what I am doing but it is very
ugly and difficult to come up with the combinationsand it makes my brain
hurt!:
if ($LS_Val =~
/-{1,2}(mevqgn|
emvqgn|evmqgn|evqmgn|evqgmn|evqgnm|
veqgnm|vqegnm|vqgenm|vqgnem|vagnme|
qvgnme|qgvnme|qgnvme|qgnmve|qgnmev|
gqmnev|gmqnev|gmnqev|gmneqv|gmnevq|
mgnevq|mngevq|mnegvq|mnevgq|mnevqg|
nmevqg|nemvqg|nevmqg|nevqmg|nevqgm|
envqgm|evnqgm|evqngm|evqgnm|evqgmn|
)/i)
{ #Do Something;
}
Asubroutine that takes the string of
characters as an argument and then returns 1 on success and undef on fail would
be ideal for my purpose.
Any help is appreciated.
Dax
Where am I going wrong with OLE and MS Word?
I have written a little app, where I would like to dynamically create a
directory of resource providers, using Perl OLE and Word10. I would
like the directory to contain:
1. A full page color graphic
2. Table of Contents
3. Contents: each resource provider listed on a page, separated by a
page break.
Each of these aspects I have successfully performed, individually.
Where I am having my problems is in setting ranges for different
formatting. For instance, the first page, the cover art should bleed to
the edges. Then, a page break, then the Table of Contents, with 1
borders all the way around, page break, followed by the resource
provider listings, each separated by a page break and formatted w/ 1
borders.
I begin by using 'PageSetup' to set all margins to 0 (for full bleed).
Then, I add the InlineShape to the first page. Everything works to that
point. Now, I would like to reset the page borders to 1 all around and
begin adding the Table of Contents and other text. Unfortunately, every
time I adjust the PageSetup parameters, ALL the margins are reset,
negating the 0 margins I had established for the cover art.
I have read every archived email re: OLE and Word, combed my Office
Developer's Guide book (VBA), searched Google for anything available,
but the examples I have found do not address multiple page margins
within a single document.
Below is the code I have written so far. Is there anyone out there who
has fond experiences with OLE automation of Word who can help me
through this? Thanks in advance.
use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Word';
my($outputFile) = c:/check_this_file.doc;
my($WordApp) = Win32::OLE - new('Word.Application', 'Quit');
$WordApp- {Visible} = 1;
$WordApp - Documents - Add;
$PageSetup=$WordApp-ActiveDocument-PageSetup;
$PageSetup - {LeftMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0);
$PageSetup - {RightMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0);
$PageSetup - {TopMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0);
$PageSetup - {BottomMargin}= $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0);
$coverart=c:/find-out_directory_cover.jpg;
$InsertCover=$WordApp-Selection-InlineShapes-
AddPicture({FileName=$coverart});
$InsertCover=$WordApp-Selection-
InsertBreak({Type=wdPageBreak});
$PageSetup2=$WordApp-ActiveDocument-PageSetup;
$PageSetup2 - {LeftMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0.75);
$PageSetup2 - {RightMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0.75);
$PageSetup2 - {TopMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0.75);
$PageSetup2 - {BottomMargin}= $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0.75);
$WordApp-Selection-Font-{Size} = '12';
$WordApp-Selection-TypeText( Let's try some text in here to see
what happens. );
$WordApp-ActiveDocument-SaveAs({FileName=$outputFile,
FileFormat=wdFormatDocument});
$WordApp-ActiveDocument-Close();
$WordApp-Quit();
Brad Smith
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help with cursors
hello,
i'm attempting to execute the following
query against a MS SQL 2000 db. only the first instance of the results are
being returned. i'm not sure if i'm using the correct method and hope that
someone can point me in the right direction... this is my first time
trying to use cursors with dbi. oh, and i tried posting this to dbi-users@
a week ago and got no responses...
thanks,
-adam
part of code:
my $cust = 'ACD';
my $tradingpartner = 'IDX';
my $sql =
declare [EMAIL PROTECTED] as varchar(10)
declare [EMAIL PROTECTED] as varchar(10)
declare [EMAIL PROTECTED] as varchar(75)
DECLARE CustomerCursor CURSOR STATIC READ_ONLY FOR
select distinct customer,multistateid,p.payorname from customer c join
customerpayor cp on c.custid = cp.custid
join payor p on p.payid = cp.payid
where cp.type = 'CLAIMCNT' and customer = ? and tradingpartner = ?
group by customer,multistateid,p.payorname
OPEN CustomerCursor
FETCH NEXT FROM CustomerCursor
INTO [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED]
WHILE [EMAIL PROTECTED]@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
select distinct p.multistateid,[EMAIL PROTECTED] as
PayorName,m.Type,pt.status,Description,testdate,productiondate,Completiondate,contingencydate
from Mandate M join Payor p on p.payid=m.payid
join payortxn pt on pt.payid= p.payid
where multistateid = [EMAIL PROTECTED] AND pt.type = 'ANSII' and ((m.type =
'AnsiClaims' and pt.txn = '837') or (m.type = 'AnsiRemits' and pt.txn =
'835'))
FETCH NEXT FROM CustomerCursor
INTO [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED]
END
CLOSE CustomerCursor
DEALLOCATE CustomerCursor
;
$sth = $dbh-prepare($sql);
$sth-execute($cust, $tradingpartner);
while( my @data = $sth-fetchrow_array)
{
print @data\n;
}
results:
US01 AnsiClaims 4=Format Delivered ANSI X-12 Mandate (Enrollment Comm
Report Cl
aim Format) Enrollment= B Migration=B Testing=B Remit=A 2003-06-02
00:00:00.00
0 2003-08-15 00:00:00.000 2003-10-16 00:00:00.000
US01 AnsiRemits 7=Hold ANSI X-12 Mandate (Enrollment Comm Report Claim
Format)
Enrollment= B Migration=B Testing=B Remit=A 2003-04-01 00:00:00.000
2003-09-15
00:00:00.000 2003-10-16 00:00:00.000
should be:
US01NULLAnsiClaims 4=Format Delivered ANSI X-12 Mandate (Enrollment
Comm
Report Claim Format) Enrollment= B Migration=B Testing=B Remit=A
2003-06-02 00:00:00.000 2003-08-15 00:00:00.000 2003-10-16 00:00:00.000
NULL
US01NULLAnsiRemits 7=Hold ANSI X-12 Mandate (Enrollment Comm Report
Claim Format) Enrollment= B Migration=B Testing=B Remit=A 2003-04-01
00:00:00.0002003-09-15 00:00:00.000 2003-10-16 00:00:00.000 NULL
US07Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company AnsiClaims 6=ProductionANSI
X-12
Mandate (Enrollment/Reports/Claims / Enrollment Type = A Migration Type =
B/Testing Type = D Remit Type = C 2002-04-16 00:00:00.000 2002-10-15
00:00:00.0002003-10-16 00:00:00.000 NULL
US07Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company AnsiRemits 6=ProductionANSI
X-12
Mandate (Enrollment/Reports/Claims / Enrollment Type = A Migration Type =
B/Testing Type = D Remit Type = C 1900-01-01 00:00:00.000 2002-08-06
00:00:00.0001900-01-01 00:00:00.000 NULL
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Re: Regex Help Needed
Dax T. Games wrote:
I have a list of characters. I need to get a list of all possble
sequences of these characters for example.
I have a string that consists of '-mevqgn' I need to pattern match any
combination of 'mevqgn' with a preceding - or --.
Right now this is what I am doing but it is very ugly and difficult to
come up with the combinations and it makes my brain hurt!:
if ($LS_Val =~ /-{1,2}(mevqgn|
emvqgn|evmqgn|evqmgn|evqgmn|evqgnm|
veqgnm|vqegnm|vqgenm|vqgnem|vagnme|
qvgnme|qgvnme|qgnvme|qgnmve|qgnmev|
gqmnev|gmqnev|gmnqev|gmneqv|gmnevq|
mgnevq|mngevq|mnegvq|mnevgq|mnevqg|
nmevqg|nemvqg|nevmqg|nevqmg|nevqgm|
envqgm|evnqgm|evqngm|evqgnm|evqgmn|
)/i)
{
#Do Something;
}
A subroutine that takes the string of characters as an argument and then
returns 1 on success and undef on fail would be ideal for my purpose.
The above doesn't test all cases of the string - am I missing something
in the description ?
Assuming each of the letters has to be present and there is only one
occurrence of each letter (that may be a stretch) and the order can be
any order:
# first check that we have the right letters
if ($LS_Val =~ /-{1,2}([mevqgn]{6})/i) {
# then make sure we only have one of each
if (check ($1)) {
print found it\n;
}
}
sub check {
my %letters = map { $_ = 0 } split '', $LS_Val;
map { return 0 if not exists $letters{$_} or $letters{$_}++ } split '', $_[0];
return 1;
}
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RE: Regex Help Needed
I wanted to use tr but was uanble to accomplish the
task that way. So I used regex like the following:
use strict;
my %MCTWW = qw(m -1 e -1 v -1 q -1 g -1 n -1);my $MyCharsToWorkWith =
\%MCTWW;
$_ = '--mepqgn ';
if ( ! /-{1,2}(\S+)/ ) { printf "Expecting a hyphen
or two floowed by non space, but did not get a hit.\n";
printf "Data: %-s\n", $_; printf "Correct and rerun.\n"; exit(1);}my $MyData =
lc($1);my $MyMiss = 0;my $MyOrigData = $MyData;
foreach my $MyChar (keys %{$MyCharsToWorkWith}) {
$MyCharsToWorkWith-{$MyChar} = ( $MyData =~ s/$MyChar//g
); $MyMiss++ if ( ! $MyCharsToWorkWith-{$MyChar} );}
if ( $MyMiss ) { printf "Not all characters were
present in passed data. I had $MyMiss misses.\n"; printf
"Data was %-s and invalid data was %-s\n", $MyOrigData, $MyData;}else
{ printf "All necessary characters were
present.\n";}
From your description they should only appear once, doesn't matter sequence. I believe it could be a starting place.
Wags ;)
-Original Message-From: Dax T. Games
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 10:26To: Perl UsersSubject: Regex Help
Needed
I have a list of characters. I need to get
a list of all possble sequences of these characters for example.
I have a string that consists of '-mevqgn' I need
to pattern match any combination of 'mevqgn' with a preceding - or
--.
Right now this is what I am doing but it is very
ugly and difficult to come up with the combinationsand it makes my brain
hurt!:
if ($LS_Val =~
/-{1,2}(mevqgn|
emvqgn|evmqgn|evqmgn|evqgmn|evqgnm|
veqgnm|vqegnm|vqgenm|vqgnem|vagnme|
qvgnme|qgvnme|qgnvme|qgnmve|qgnmev|
gqmnev|gmqnev|gmnqev|gmneqv|gmnevq|
mgnevq|mngevq|mnegvq|mnevgq|mnevqg|
nmevqg|nemvqg|nevmqg|nevqmg|nevqgm|
envqgm|evnqgm|evqngm|evqgnm|evqgmn|
)/i)
{ #Do Something;
}
Asubroutine that takes the string of
characters as an argument and then returns 1 on success and undef on fail would be ideal for my purpose.
Any help is appreciated.
Dax
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Re: Regex Help Needed
Have you tried playing around with character sets? Something like
$target = 'mevqgn';
$length_target = length $target;
if ( $LS_Val =~ /-{1,2}[$target]{$length_target}/ ) {
#do something
}
Whether the above would work for you would depend on whether the code
can ignore positive matches on $LS_Val = '--mmmqqq' and so forth. It
might be worthwhile to look more closely at the data and see whether
there are don't care cases that you can ignore.
If there are not, then there is a loop approach:
$t = 'mevqgn'; # just to save keystrokes
$x = $LS_Val;
if ( $x =~ /(-{1,2})/ ) {
$goodSoFar = $1;
while (length $t and $x =~ /($goodSoFar([$t]))/ ) {
$goodSoFar = $1;
$t =~ s/$2//;
}
do_Something unless length $t;
}
That's undoubtedly slower than your original approach, but would be more
versatile and possibly easier to maintain.
(Neither snippet above has been tested)
Dax T. Games wrote:
I have a list of characters. I need to get a list of all possble
sequences of these characters for example.
I have a string that consists of '-mevqgn' I need to pattern match any
combination of 'mevqgn' with a preceding - or --.
Right now this is what I am doing but it is very ugly and difficult to
come up with the combinations and it makes my brain hurt!:
if ($LS_Val =~ /-{1,2}(mevqgn|
emvqgn|evmqgn|evqmgn|evqgmn|evqgnm|
veqgnm|vqegnm|vqgenm|vqgnem|vagnme|
qvgnme|qgvnme|qgnvme|qgnmve|qgnmev|
gqmnev|gmqnev|gmnqev|gmneqv|gmnevq|
mgnevq|mngevq|mnegvq|mnevgq|mnevqg|
nmevqg|nemvqg|nevmqg|nevqmg|nevqgm|
envqgm|evnqgm|evqngm|evqgnm|evqgmn|
)/i)
{
#Do Something;
}
A subroutine that takes the string of characters as an argument and then
returns 1 on success and undef on fail would be ideal for my purpose.
Any help is appreciated.
Dax
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RE: Regex Help Needed
Here
is another variation...
#!/usr/bin/perl
check('-mevqgn');check('-memqgn');check('-ngmevq');check('--meqvgn');
sub check{ my $LS_Val = shift;
if ($LS_Val =~ /-{1,2}([mevqgn]{6})/ and
unique_chars($1)) { print "Ding
Ding! $LS_Val is good!\n"; } else
{ print "Flopped:
$LS_Val\n"; }}
sub unique_chars{ my $chars =
shift; my %chars;
for (split(//, $chars))
{
$chars{$_}++; }
for (keys %chars)
{ if ($chars{$_} 1)
{ return
0; } }
return 1;}
-Original Message-From: Dax T. Games
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 1:26
PMTo: Perl UsersSubject: Regex Help
Needed
I have a list of characters. I need to get
a list of all possble sequences of these characters for example.
I have a string that consists of '-mevqgn' I need
to pattern match any combination of 'mevqgn' with a preceding - or
--.
Right now this is what I am doing but it is very
ugly and difficult to come up with the combinationsand it makes my brain
hurt!:
if ($LS_Val =~
/-{1,2}(mevqgn|
emvqgn|evmqgn|evqmgn|evqgmn|evqgnm|
veqgnm|vqegnm|vqgenm|vqgnem|vagnme|
qvgnme|qgvnme|qgnvme|qgnmve|qgnmev|
gqmnev|gmqnev|gmnqev|gmneqv|gmnevq|
mgnevq|mngevq|mnegvq|mnevgq|mnevqg|
nmevqg|nemvqg|nevmqg|nevqmg|nevqgm|
envqgm|evnqgm|evqngm|evqgnm|evqgmn|
)/i)
{ #Do Something;
}
Asubroutine that takes the string of
characters as an argument and then returns 1 on success and undef on fail
would be ideal for my purpose.
Any help is appreciated.
Dax
Re: Illegal octal digit '9' problem??
On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, steve silvers wrote: With the below snippet, the numbers 8 and 9 work great, but 08 and 09 give the error Illegal octal digit '9' or '8'. I read that these are two numbers that will have this problem! How do I get around this problem? Ohh, don't use leading zeros on decimal numbers. Or read them (or force then) to be strings. You can easily strip leading 0's from a string. Lots of numbers may have this 'problem'. A leading 0 on a number indicates that it is an octal number. All valid digits of an octal number range from 0..7. Just be glad you didn't try to use 010 as a decimal number. You would have probably gotten really frustrated when you suddenly found the value 8 amoung your data. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Carl Jolley All opinions are my own and not necessarily those of my employer ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
parse search string?
I've searched cpan but only found some APIs to several search engines... I want to parse search string and split parameters. like user can put a plus sign for wanted words and minus for not-wanted or put single or double quotes or some other weird thing etc... if such a module exists I'd like to know :) ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
Re: Regex Help Needed
On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Dax T. Games wrote:
I have a list of characters. I need to get a list of all possble sequences of these
characters for example.
I have a string that consists of '-mevqgn' I need to pattern match any combination
of 'mevqgn' with a preceding - or --.
Right now this is what I am doing but it is very ugly and difficult to come up with
the combinations and it makes my brain hurt!:
if ($LS_Val =~ /-{1,2}(mevqgn|
emvqgn|evmqgn|evqmgn|evqgmn|evqgnm|
veqgnm|vqegnm|vqgenm|vqgnem|vagnme|
qvgnme|qgvnme|qgnvme|qgnmve|qgnmev|
gqmnev|gmqnev|gmnqev|gmneqv|gmnevq|
mgnevq|mngevq|mnegvq|mnevgq|mnevqg|
nmevqg|nemvqg|nevmqg|nevqmg|nevqgm|
envqgm|evnqgm|evqngm|evqgnm|evqgmn|
)/i)
{
#Do Something;
}
A subroutine that takes the string of characters as an argument and then returns 1
on success and undef on fail would be ideal for my purpose.
How about /^-{1,2}[mevgn]{6}/ i.e. turn all the characters you wish to
match into a character class. This assumes that the alphabetic string
you want to match will be 6 characters long. If it could be of any
arbitratry length but only consisting of the characters mevgn then
the patters might be: /^-{1,2}[mevgn]*/. This also assumes that
you are matching the beginning of a string.
The regex used in a match would of course produce a result of 0 or
1 so it you really wanted it to be in a subroutine then you could
do something like:
sub matched{
return $mystring=~/^-{1,2}[mevgn]*/;
}
I, personally would think that just using the match directly in an if
statement would be cleaner, e.g.
if($mystring=~/^-{1,2}[mevgn]*/) { .
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Re: Regex Help Needed
Wow... looks like some good replies to this one. Here's a less
elegant, recursive approach (until I learn map :-)
#!perl -w
# print all 720 permutations using letters: e m v q g n
use strict;
sub mutate {
my ($in) = @_;
if (length($in) == 6) {
print $in\n;
$in = '';
} else {
foreach (qw/e m v q g n/) {
if ($in =~ /$_/) {
#do nothing;
} else {
print mutate($in . $_);
}
}
}
}
print mutate('');
#THE END
If you're going the other way (trying to see if a known string is
valid), something like this ought to work:
if (length($a) == 6 and
$a =~ /e/ and
$a =~ /m/ and
$a =~ /v/ [... et al ...]
)
{
#it's valid
}
It figures TMTOWTDI. Hope this helps :-)
Charlie
- Original Message -
From: Dax T. Games [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Perl Users [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 12:26 PM
Subject: Regex Help Needed
I have a list of characters. I need to get a list of all possble
sequences of these characters for example.
I have a string that consists of '-mevqgn' I need to pattern match any
combination of 'mevqgn' with a preceding - or --.
Right now this is what I am doing but it is very ugly and difficult to
come up with the combinations and it makes my brain hurt!:
if ($LS_Val =~ /-{1,2}(mevqgn|
emvqgn|evmqgn|evqmgn|evqgmn|evqgnm|
veqgnm|vqegnm|vqgenm|vqgnem|vagnme|
qvgnme|qgvnme|qgnvme|qgnmve|qgnmev|
gqmnev|gmqnev|gmnqev|gmneqv|gmnevq|
mgnevq|mngevq|mnegvq|mnevgq|mnevqg|
nmevqg|nemvqg|nevmqg|nevqmg|nevqgm|
envqgm|evnqgm|evqngm|evqgnm|evqgmn|
)/i)
{
#Do Something;
}
A subroutine that takes the string of characters as an argument and
then returns 1 on success and undef on fail would be ideal for my
purpose.
Any help is appreciated.
Dax
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RE: parse search string?
I don't know of any module that does all of that automatically, but there
are good ways to do it if you feel like learning something new.
Parse::RecDescent is a parser builder. You supply a grammer (rules), and it
builds a parser that can parse that grammer.
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/06/13/recdecent.html
It guess it all depends on how much time you are willing to invest. If you
only ever write a parser this one time, Parse::RecDescent is a bad
investment. If you think you might use it again, it is worth the trouble.
If you want a simpler solution, you might want to look at Lex. Lex (a
lexer) is the part of a parser(1) that cuts up the input into tokens. In
your case a token would be a plus, a minus, and a string. You would then
loop over each token, deciding what to do.
http://search.cpan.org/author/YVESP/llg-1.07/Lex.en.pod
For a bare bones solution you will want to use some regexes, maybe like
this...
while ($input =~ /([+-])(\w+)/) {
my $sign = $1;
my $word = $2;
# do stuff here
}
Rob
(1) I say parser, but I mean compiler. I just didn't want to over
complicate things.
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From: Burak Gürsoy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 2:18 PM
To: Perl-Win32-Users
Subject: parse search string?
I've searched cpan but only found some APIs to several search engines...
I want to parse search string and split parameters. like user can put a plus
sign for wanted words and minus for not-wanted or put single or double
quotes or some other weird thing etc... if such a module exists I'd like to
know :)
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Re: parse search string?
Burak Grsoy wrote: I've searched cpan but only found some APIs to several search engines... And what do you need that's different from what they provide ? I want to parse search string and split parameters. like user can put a plus sign for wanted words and minus for not-wanted or put single or double quotes or some other weird thing etc... if such a module exists I'd like to know :) There is no standard that I know of for search string args. All CGI args are split at each '' and starting at the '?'. EG: url?arg1=val1arg2=val2 -- ,-/- __ _ _ $Bill LuebkertMailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (_/ / )// // DBE CollectiblesMailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / ) /-- o // // Castle of Medieval Myth Magic http://www.todbe.com/ -/-' /___/__/_/_http://dbecoll.tripod.com/ (My Perl/Lakers stuff) ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
RE: Octetstr to hex conversion
Well, upon further review, the answer requires less work than I thought. Here is the detail for the two Linux NICs: NIC =eth0 MAC =000102EAEC0F OctetStr = 0x000102eaec0f NIC =eth1 MAC =00B0D0254A27 OctetStr = 0x00b0d0254a27 I was looking at the OctetStr for one, and matching it with the MAC address of the other. sheepish g. I thought some sort of conversion needed to take place, but as you can see the only thing I need to deal with is the leading Ox. Except for those 2 characters, the octetstr IS the mac address. Whoa boy. Monday fell on a Tuesday this week. Jim -Original Message- From: Peter Eisengrein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 9:06 AM To: Jim Lancaster; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Octetstr to hex conversion Is this what you mean? my $hex = unpack(h*,pack(b*,$octetstr)); -Original Message- From: Jim Lancaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 11:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Octetstr to hex conversion I'm polling a Linux server with Net-SNMP and getting back an octetstr value for the mac address of the nic. I saw a reference to using unpack to convert it in an old posting, but no specifics. How is this done? What kind of mask do I use? Jim Lancaster MBD Network Services, LLC ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
RE: Regex Help Needed
It looks like you may be doing standard command line option
parsing (or almost standard as the '--' prefix is reserved
for long option names). If this is so, look at GetOpt::Std .
For a subroutine that does what you specified (tested):
sub is_DTG_Option ($)
{
my $opt = shift;
return 0 if $opt =! /^--?([mevqgn]+)$/;
my @c = split //, $1;
my %h = ();
for ( @c )
{
return 0 if $h{$_}++;
}
return 1;
}
# Test various combinations (both legal and illegal)
my @test = qw( --mevqgn -mevqgn ---mevqgn mevqgn -mv --qm -neq -ef );
for ( @test )
{
print $_ . is_DTG_Option( $_ ) . \n;
}
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-Original Message-
From: Dax T. Games [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 11:26 AM
To: Perl Users
Subject: Regex Help Needed
I have a list of characters. I need to get a list of all possble sequences
of these characters for example.
I have a string that consists of '-mevqgn' I need to pattern match any
combination of 'mevqgn' with a preceding - or --.
Right now this is what I am doing but it is very ugly and difficult to come
up with the combinations and it makes my brain hurt!:
if ($LS_Val =~ /-{1,2}(mevqgn|
emvqgn|evmqgn|evqmgn|evqgmn|evqgnm|
veqgnm|vqegnm|vqgenm|vqgnem|vagnme|
qvgnme|qgvnme|qgnvme|qgnmve|qgnmev|
gqmnev|gmqnev|gmnqev|gmneqv|gmnevq|
mgnevq|mngevq|mnegvq|mnevgq|mnevqg|
nmevqg|nemvqg|nevmqg|nevqmg|nevqgm|
envqgm|evnqgm|evqngm|evqgnm|evqgmn|
)/i)
{
#Do Something;
}
A subroutine that takes the string of characters as an argument and then
returns 1 on success and undef on fail would be ideal for my purpose.
Any help is appreciated.
Dax
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RE: Regex Help Needed
Equally dirty, but possibly more flexible:
$_='aSdFgHjk'; # Letters to look
for.
$alpha1=lc(join('',sort(split(//;
$LS_Val=shift;
$LS_Val=~s/^-//g; # Drop preceding dashes
$alpha2=lc(join('',sort(split(//,$LS_Val;
if
($alpha1 eq $alpha2) {print "Pattern found!\n";}
-Original Message-From: Dax T. Games
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003
11:26 AMTo: Perl UsersSubject: Regex Help
Needed
I have a list of characters. I need to get
a list of all possble sequences of these characters for example.
I have a string that consists of '-mevqgn' I need
to pattern match any combination of 'mevqgn' with a preceding - or
--.
Right now this is what I am doing but it is very
ugly and difficult to come up with the combinationsand it makes my brain
hurt!:
if ($LS_Val =~
/-{1,2}(mevqgn|
emvqgn|evmqgn|evqmgn|evqgmn|evqgnm|
veqgnm|vqegnm|vqgenm|vqgnem|vagnme|
qvgnme|qgvnme|qgnvme|qgnmve|qgnmev|
gqmnev|gmqnev|gmnqev|gmneqv|gmnevq|
mgnevq|mngevq|mnegvq|mnevgq|mnevqg|
nmevqg|nemvqg|nevmqg|nevqmg|nevqgm|
envqgm|evnqgm|evqngm|evqgnm|evqgmn|
)/i)
{ #Do Something;
}
Asubroutine that takes the string of
characters as an argument and then returns 1 on success and undef on fail
would be ideal for my purpose.
Any help is appreciated.
Dax
RE: Where am I going wrong with OLE and MS Word?
Brad Smith wrote:
I have written a little app, where I would like to dynamically create
a directory of resource providers, using Perl OLE and Word10. I would
like the directory to contain:
1. A full page color graphic
2. Table of Contents
3. Contents: each resource provider listed on a page, separated by a
page break.
Each of these aspects I have successfully performed, individually.
Where I am having my problems is in setting ranges for different
formatting. For instance, the first page, the cover art should bleed
to the edges. Then, a page break, then the Table of Contents, with 1
borders all the way around, page break, followed by the resource
provider listings, each separated by a page break and formatted w/ 1
borders.
I begin by using 'PageSetup' to set all margins to 0 (for full
bleed). Then, I add the InlineShape to the first page. Everything
works to that point. Now, I would like to reset the page borders to
1 all around and begin adding the Table of Contents and other text.
Unfortunately, every time I adjust the PageSetup parameters, ALL the
margins are reset, negating the 0 margins I had established for the
cover art.
I have read every archived email re: OLE and Word, combed my Office
Developer's Guide book (VBA), searched Google for anything available,
but the examples I have found do not address multiple page margins
within a single document.
I do not have Word 10, but in Word 9 when you are on the setup page, there is
an entire document or from this point forward as regards the margins. I assume you
are getting the whole document and what you need after the first Pagesetup is to use
from thie point forward for any others which follow.
Not much help, but at least a little input.
Wags ;)
Below is the code I have written so far. Is there anyone out there
who has fond experiences with OLE automation of Word who can help me
through this? Thanks in advance.
use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Word';
my($outputFile) = c:/check_this_file.doc;
my($WordApp) = Win32::OLE - new('Word.Application', 'Quit');
$WordApp- {Visible} = 1;
$WordApp - Documents - Add;
$PageSetup=$WordApp-ActiveDocument-PageSetup;
$PageSetup - {LeftMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0);
$PageSetup - {RightMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0);
$PageSetup - {TopMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0);
$PageSetup - {BottomMargin}= $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0);
$coverart=c:/find-out_directory_cover.jpg;
$InsertCover=$WordApp-Selection-InlineShapes-
AddPicture({FileName=$coverart});
$InsertCover=$WordApp-Selection-
InsertBreak({Type=wdPageBreak});
$PageSetup2=$WordApp-ActiveDocument-PageSetup;
$PageSetup2 - {LeftMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0.75);
$PageSetup2 - {RightMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0.75);
$PageSetup2 - {TopMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0.75);
$PageSetup2 - {BottomMargin}= $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0.75);
$WordApp-Selection-Font-{Size} = '12';
$WordApp-Selection-TypeText( Let's try some text in here to see
what happens. );
$WordApp-ActiveDocument-SaveAs({FileName=$outputFile,
FileFormat=wdFormatDocument});
$WordApp-ActiveDocument-Close();
$WordApp-Quit();
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Re: Regex Help Needed
At 01:26 PM 9/2/2003, Dax T. Games wrote:
I have a
list of characters. I need to get a list of all possble sequences
of these characters for example.
I have a string that consists of '-mevqgn' I
need to pattern match any combination of 'mevqgn' with a preceding - or
--.
Right now this is what I am doing but it is
very ugly and difficult to come up with the combinations and it makes my
brain hurt!:
if ($LS_Val =~ /-{1,2}(mevqgn|
emvqgn|evmqgn|evqmgn|evqgmn|evqgnm|
veqgnm|vqegnm|vqgenm|vqgnem|vagnme|
qvgnme|qgvnme|qgnvme|qgnmve|qgnmev|
gqmnev|gmqnev|gmnqev|gmneqv|gmnevq|
mgnevq|mngevq|mnegvq|mnevgq|mnevqg|
nmevqg|nemvqg|nevmqg|nevqmg|nevqgm|
envqgm|evnqgm|evqngm|evqgnm|evqgmn|
)/i)
{
#Do Something;
}
A subroutine that takes the string of
characters as an argument and then returns 1 on success and undef on fail
would be ideal for my purpose.
if ($val =~ /^--?[mevqgn]{6}$/) almost works, but allows, e.g. -me,
i.e. repetitions.
I would just do:
if (($val =~ /^--?([a-z]+)$/) (length($1)==6)
check($1, qw(m e v q g n))) {
...
sub check { my($str, @chars) = @_;
foreach my
$ch (@chars) {
return
undef if (index($str, $ch)==-1);
}
Full test program: -
use strict;
MAIN: {
test('');
test('-');
test('--');
test('-mev');
test('-mevqgn');
test('--mevqgn');
test('--qvgnme');
test('-qgvnme');
test('--qgnvme');
test('--qgnmve');
test('-qgnmev');
}
# --
sub test { my($str) = @_;
if (($str =~ /^--?([a-z]+)$/)
(length($1)==6)
check($1, qw(m e v q g n))) {
print(OK
'$str'\n);
}
else {
print(no
'$str'\n);
}
} # test
# --
sub check { my($str, @chars) = @_;
foreach my $ch (@chars) {
return
undef if (index($str, $ch)==-1);
}
return 1;
} # check
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Re: win32::SerialPort problems
Hi! Thenks for everybody who helped me! It works! :) One question more: How can I download a perl module (whit ppm) to save it to a floppy, and install it on a machine, where isn't internet connection? (I don't understand why isn't it installed when win32::SerialPort is in the base, and it uses the win32::Api perl moulde, and so SerialPort can't work... I think win32::API should be installed per default...) Sandor Scott Campbell wrote: Win32::API is a perl module. To install perl modules, you use the ppm program, which comes installed with ActivePerl. To install this module, type ppm install Win32-API. You can type ppm -? for more ppm examples. Scott Campbell Senior Software Developer Somix Technologies http://www.somix.com ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
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To download/install PPM's with Floppy or other media: Assumption: a:\ is your local directory with the modules. This can be any directory you'd like. 1. Download .ppd file and .tgz file for modules (from ActiveState and other repositories). Save to a:\. 2. Modify the CODEBASE tag in the .ppd file to point to the correct location of the .tgz file. 3. Type ppm rep add a:\. This creates a local repository pointing to the a:\ directory. 4. Type ppm install MODULE-NAME. This installs the module. http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePerl/PPM/Zips is a good link for PPM Zip Archives. Scott Campbell Senior Software Developer Somix Technologies http://www.somix.com -Original Message- From: Ecker Sandor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 4:23 PM To: Scott Campbell; perlwin32list Subject: Re: win32::SerialPort problems Hi! Thenks for everybody who helped me! It works! :) One question more: How can I download a perl module (whit ppm) to save it to a floppy, and install it on a machine, where isn't internet connection? (I don't understand why isn't it installed when win32::SerialPort is in the base, and it uses the win32::Api perl moulde, and so SerialPort can't work... I think win32::API should be installed per default...) Sandor Scott Campbell wrote: Win32::API is a perl module. To install perl modules, you use the ppm program, which comes installed with ActivePerl. To install this module, type ppm install Win32-API. You can type ppm -? for more ppm examples. Scott Campbell Senior Software Developer Somix Technologies http://www.somix.com ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
RE: Where am I going wrong with OLE and MS Word?
Brad,
You where almost there. Try inserting a section break instead of a page break, then
select the range following the section break for the margin change. This is like
choosing 'From this point forward' in the 'Apply To' combo box in Page Setup.
use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Word';
my($outputFile) = c:\\check_this_file.doc;
my($WordApp) = Win32::OLE - new('Word.Application', 'Quit');
$WordApp- {Visible} = 1;
$WordApp - Documents - Add;
$PageSetup=$WordApp-ActiveDocument-PageSetup;
$PageSetup - {LeftMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0);
$PageSetup - {RightMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0);
$PageSetup - {TopMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0);
$PageSetup - {BottomMargin}= $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0);
$coverart=c:/find-out_directory_cover.jpg;
$InsertCover=$WordApp-Selection-InlineShapes-AddPicture({FileName=$coverart});
# // Start of Mods //
$InsertCover=$WordApp-Selection-InsertBreak({Type=wdSectionBreakNextPage});
$PageSetup2=$WordApp-ActiveDocument-Range({Start=$WordApp-Selection-Start,
End=$WordApp-ActiveDocument-Content-End})-PageSetup;
# // End of Mods //
$PageSetup2 - {LeftMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0.75);
$PageSetup2 - {RightMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0.75);
$PageSetup2 - {TopMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0.75);
$PageSetup2 - {BottomMargin}= $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0.75);
$WordApp-Selection-Font-{Size} = '12';
$WordApp-Selection-TypeText( Let's try some text in here to see what happens. );
$WordApp-ActiveDocument-SaveAs({FileName=$outputFile,
FileFormat=wdFormatDocument});
$WordApp-ActiveDocument-Close();
$WordApp-Quit();
James Krummel
From: Brad Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 13:54:19 -0400
Subject: Where am I going wrong with OLE and MS Word?
I have written a little app, where I would like to dynamically create a
directory of resource providers, using Perl OLE and Word10. I would
like the directory to contain:
1. A full page color graphic
2. Table of Contents
3. Contents: each resource provider listed on a page, separated by a
page break.
Each of these aspects I have successfully performed, individually.
Where I am having my problems is in setting ranges for different
formatting. For instance, the first page, the cover art should bleed to
the edges. Then, a page break, then the Table of Contents, with 1
borders all the way around, page break, followed by the resource
provider listings, each separated by a page break and formatted w/ 1
borders.
I begin by using 'PageSetup' to set all margins to 0 (for full bleed).
Then, I add the InlineShape to the first page. Everything works to that
point. Now, I would like to reset the page borders to 1 all around and
begin adding the Table of Contents and other text. Unfortunately, every
time I adjust the PageSetup parameters, ALL the margins are reset,
negating the 0 margins I had established for the cover art.
I have read every archived email re: OLE and Word, combed my Office
Developer's Guide book (VBA), searched Google for anything available,
but the examples I have found do not address multiple page margins
within a single document.
Below is the code I have written so far. Is there anyone out there who
has fond experiences with OLE automation of Word who can help me
through this? Thanks in advance.
use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Word';
my($outputFile) = c:/check_this_file.doc;
my($WordApp) = Win32::OLE - new('Word.Application', 'Quit');
$WordApp- {Visible} = 1;
$WordApp - Documents - Add;
$PageSetup=$WordApp-ActiveDocument-PageSetup;
$PageSetup - {LeftMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0);
$PageSetup - {RightMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0);
$PageSetup - {TopMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0);
$PageSetup - {BottomMargin}= $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0);
$coverart=c:/find-out_directory_cover.jpg;
$InsertCover=$WordApp-Selection-InlineShapes-
AddPicture({FileName=$coverart});
$InsertCover=$WordApp-Selection-
InsertBreak({Type=wdPageBreak});
$PageSetup2=$WordApp-ActiveDocument-PageSetup;
$PageSetup2 - {LeftMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0.75);
$PageSetup2 - {RightMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0.75);
$PageSetup2 - {TopMargin} = $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0.75);
$PageSetup2 - {BottomMargin}= $WordApp - InchesToPoints(0.75);
$WordApp-Selection-Font-{Size} = '12';
$WordApp-Selection-TypeText( Let's try some text in here to see
what happens. );
$WordApp-ActiveDocument-SaveAs({FileName=$outputFile,
FileFormat=wdFormatDocument});
$WordApp-ActiveDocument-Close();
$WordApp-Quit();
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Re: Regex Help Needed
$Bill Luebkert wrote:
Dax T. Games wrote:
I have a list of characters. I need to get a list of all possble
sequences of these characters for example.
I have a string that consists of '-mevqgn' I need to pattern match any
combination of 'mevqgn' with a preceding - or --.
Right now this is what I am doing but it is very ugly and difficult to
come up with the combinations and it makes my brain hurt!:
if ($LS_Val =~ /-{1,2}(mevqgn|
emvqgn|evmqgn|evqmgn|evqgmn|evqgnm|
veqgnm|vqegnm|vqgenm|vqgnem|vagnme|
qvgnme|qgvnme|qgnvme|qgnmve|qgnmev|
gqmnev|gmqnev|gmnqev|gmneqv|gmnevq|
mgnevq|mngevq|mnegvq|mnevgq|mnevqg|
nmevqg|nemvqg|nevmqg|nevqmg|nevqgm|
envqgm|evnqgm|evqngm|evqgnm|evqgmn|
)/i)
{
#Do Something;
}
A subroutine that takes the string of characters as an argument and then
returns 1 on success and undef on fail would be ideal for my purpose.
The above doesn't test all cases of the string - am I missing something
in the description ?
Assuming each of the letters has to be present and there is only one
occurrence of each letter (that may be a stretch) and the order can be
any order:
# first check that we have the right letters
if ($LS_Val =~ /-{1,2}([mevqgn]{6})/i) {
# then make sure we only have one of each
if (check ($1)) {
print found it\n;
}
}
sub check {
my %letters = map { $_ = 0 } split '', $LS_Val;
The above $LS_Val should be another var that has the letters in it or
just 'mevqgn' instead.
map { return 0 if not exists $letters{$_} or $letters{$_}++ } split '', $_[0];
return 1;
}
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Re: Illegal octal digit '9' problem??
On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Keith C. Ivey wrote:
steve silvers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
use strict;
my @numbers = (4,09,15); # 09 will error, 9 won't error
my @numbers2 = (2,4,11);
my (%hash_lookup,%hash_lookup2);
@[EMAIL PROTECTED] = ('Y') x @numbers;
If you had 07 it wouldn't give an error, but it still wouldn't
work unless '7' (not '07') is one of your hash keys, because
07 would be converted to 7. Hash keys are strings, and if you
convert a number to a string it has no leading 0s.
Numbers that start with 0 in Perl are interpreted as octal.
Try this:
print 010;
It prints '8'. That's why 09 is an illegal number, since 9 is
not an octal digit.
If you want to use something as a string (as a hash key), then
it's better to set it to be a string rather than a number in
the first place, so no unexpected conversions happen. You can
do this:
my @numbers = ('4', '09', '15');
or, equivalently,
my @numbers = qw( 4 09 15 );
Of course then '19' lt '9' so the numeric sort wouldn't work very well.
The best bet it to not use leading zeros or quoted strings but use sprintf
on the decimal values to generate the string value (with leading zeros)
for use as the hash keys and, of course on any value used to index a
hash key/value.
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RE: Regex Help Needed
how
about sorting the letters first:
$var="meqgvn";
$sortedvar=join("", sort(split("",
$var)));
if
($sortedvar eq "egmnqv") { print
"yes!\n";}
--ken
-Original Message-From: Dax T. Games
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003
12:26 PMTo: Perl UsersSubject: Regex Help
Needed
I have a list of characters. I need to get
a list of all possble sequences of these characters for example.
I have a string that consists of '-mevqgn' I need
to pattern match any combination of 'mevqgn' with a preceding - or
--.
Right now this is what I am doing but it is very
ugly and difficult to come up with the combinationsand it makes my brain
hurt!:
if ($LS_Val =~
/-{1,2}(mevqgn|
emvqgn|evmqgn|evqmgn|evqgmn|evqgnm|
veqgnm|vqegnm|vqgenm|vqgnem|vagnme|
qvgnme|qgvnme|qgnvme|qgnmve|qgnmev|
gqmnev|gmqnev|gmnqev|gmneqv|gmnevq|
mgnevq|mngevq|mnegvq|mnevgq|mnevqg|
nmevqg|nemvqg|nevmqg|nevqmg|nevqgm|
envqgm|evnqgm|evqngm|evqgnm|evqgmn|
)/i)
{ #Do Something;
}
Asubroutine that takes the string of
characters as an argument and then returns 1 on success and undef on fail
would be ideal for my purpose.
Any help is appreciated.
Dax
