about selection

guy038

Hello, @astrosofista and All,

In a previous post of that discussion, you said :

@guy038, let me ask you a question: how do you create those nice tables? Is a free tool? I’m curious.

Well, in fact, I don’t use any specific tool ! Just the usual column mode editor, with the help, mainly, of 3 characters only :

The Hythen-Minus sign -
The Equals sign =
The Bullet sign •

I personally like the Bullet sign because it is exactly vertically centered ;-)) It’s Unicode code-point is \x{2022}. Refer to :

http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2000.pdf

Most of the time, you can get it with the keyboard sequence :

Hold down the Alt key
Hit, successively, on keys 0 , 1, 4 and 9 of the numeric keypad
Release the Alt key

Tables composed with that character look better than using the Asterisk sign ( * ) or the Full Stop/Dot char ( . ). See, examples below :

•---------------•--------------•---------------•        *---------------*--------------*---------------*        .---------------.--------------.---------------.
|   LANGUAGE    |  MAIN form   |  OTHER forms  |        |   LANGUAGE    |  MAIN form   |  OTHER forms  |        |   LANGUAGE    |  MAIN form   |  OTHER forms  |
•---------------•--------------•---------------•        *---------------*--------------*---------------*        .---------------.--------------.---------------.
|  bash         |  sh          |  bash         |        |  bash         |  sh          |  bash         |        |  bash         |  sh          |  bash         |
|               |              |               |        |               |              |               |        |               |              |               |
|  c            |  c           |  h            |        |  c            |  c           |  h            |        |  c            |  c           |  h            |
|  c++          |  cpp         |  hpp          |        |  c++          |  cpp         |  hpp          |        |  c++          |  cpp         |  hpp          |
|  c#           |  cs          |               |        |  c#           |  cs          |               |        |  c#           |  cs          |               |
|  CSS          |  css         |               |        |  CSS          |  css         |               |        |  CSS          |  css         |               |
|               |              |               |        |               |              |               |        |               |              |               |
|  DIFF         |  diff        |  patch        |        |  DIFF         |  diff        |  patch        |        |  DIFF         |  diff        |  patch        |
•---------------•--------------•---------------•        *---------------*--------------*---------------*        .---------------.--------------.---------------.
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                
•===============•==============•===============•        *===============*==============*===============*        .===============.==============.===============.
|   LANGUAGE    |  MAIN form   |  OTHER forms  |        |   LANGUAGE    |  MAIN form   |  OTHER forms  |        |   LANGUAGE    |  MAIN form   |  OTHER forms  |
•===============•==============•===============•        *===============*==============*===============*        .===============.==============.===============.
|  bash         |  sh          |  bash         |        |  bash         |  sh          |  bash         |        |  bash         |  sh          |  bash         |
|---------------•--------------•---------------|        |---------------*--------------*---------------|        |---------------*--------------*---------------|
|  c            |  c           |  h            |        |  c            |  c           |  h            |        |  c            |  c           |  h            |
|  c++          |  cpp         |  hpp          |        |  c++          |  cpp         |  hpp          |        |  c++          |  cpp         |  hpp          |
|  c#           |  cs          |               |        |  c#           |  cs          |               |        |  c#           |  cs          |               |
|  CSS          |  css         |               |        |  CSS          |  css         |               |        |  CSS          |  css         |               |
|---------------•--------------•---------------|        |---------------*--------------*---------------|        |---------------*--------------*---------------|
|  DIFF         |  diff        |  patch        |        |  DIFF         |  diff        |  patch        |        |  DIFF         |  diff        |  patch        |
•===============•==============•===============•        *===============*==============*===============*        .===============.==============.===============.

Best Regards,

guy038

guy038

Hello, @cisco779k, @Terry-r, @astrosofista, @alan-kilborn and All,

You said in your last post :

in reality i would just like to invert the first with the last line, in any ### field

Then, given the input text below :

pacecececrst$$$!                   pacecececrst$$$!
###                                ###
peerfergeg4Me<123                  ergergerge34r43r343
17ergergom/file/wv7PNHVud9kA       ergergerggupload.com/filerge/uU8CesyKVkPb4MWk_0VqkQ/1554th11.7z
1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrU       1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrUjN7g/1554th18.7zg
ergergerggupload.com/filerge       17ergergom/file/wv7PNHVud9kAerAP3_WO-g/1554th0810.7zg
ergergerge34r43r343                peerfergeg4Me<123
###                                ###
pasdcd555ye2018                    15o4fkfk4lf,dfmemfgermp
6664lekrflkeuN3s5lmSigp56ove       6664lekrflkeuN3s5lmSigp56oveKPp6w/erferfef3443r3434
15o4fkfk4lf,dfmemfgermp            pasdcd555ye2018
###                                ###
17ergergom/file/wv7PNHVud9kA       ergergerggupload.com/filerge/uU8CesyKVkPb4MWk_0VqkQ/1554th11.7z
1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrU       1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrUjN7g/1554th18.7zg
###                                ###
paerf3904r903ur3jgj                paerf3904r903ur3jgj

The following regex S/R :

SEARCH (?-s)^(###.+\R)(.+\R)((?:.+\R)*?)(.+\R)(?=^###)

REPLACE \1\4\3\2

should get your expected text :

pacecececrst$$$!                   pacecececrst$$$!
###                                ###
ergergerge34r43r343                peerfergeg4Me<123
17ergergom/file/wv7PNHVud9kA       ergergerggupload.com/filerge/uU8CesyKVkPb4MWk_0VqkQ/1554th11.7z
1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrU       1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrUjN7g/1554th18.7zg
ergergerggupload.com/filerge       17ergergom/file/wv7PNHVud9kAerAP3_WO-g/1554th0810.7zg
peerfergeg4Me<123                  ergergerge34r43r343
###                                ###
15o4fkfk4lf,dfmemfgermp            pasdcd555ye2018
6664lekrflkeuN3s5lmSigp56ove       6664lekrflkeuN3s5lmSigp56oveKPp6w/erferfef3443r3434
pasdcd555ye2018                    15o4fkfk4lf,dfmemfgermp
###                                ###
1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrU       1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrUjN7g/1554th18.7zg
17ergergom/file/wv7PNHVud9kA       ergergerggupload.com/filerge/uU8CesyKVkPb4MWk_0VqkQ/1554th11.7z
###                                ###
paerf3904r903ur3jgj                paerf3904r903ur3jgj

Best Regards,

guy038

cisco779k

@Terry-R
do not angry! your regex work fine.

@guy038
tanxs (ever) for your help!
but not work for me… why??
in some cases i also have 9 lines (between ### field)…

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cisco779k

@guy038
your reg-ex don’t work…
please read this post!

guy038

Hello, @cisco779k, @Terry-r, @astrosofista, @alan-kilborn and All,

Please, don’t be so rude : I’m only trying to help, freely and I also answer to other people !

You said, previously :

in reality i would just like to invert the first with the last line, in any ### field

and also :

in some cases i also have 9 lines (between ### field)…

But, given the initial text, below, ( which may not respect your logic ! Just an example )

###                                ###
1234567890                         1234567890
17ergergom/file/wv7PNHVud9kA       ergergerggupload.com/filerge/uU8CesyKVkPb4MWk_0VqkQ/1554th11.7z
1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrU       1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrUjN7g/1554th18.7zg
15o4fkfk4lf,dfmemfgermp            pasdcd555ye2018
6664lekrflkeuN3s5lmSigp56ove       6664lekrflkeuN3s5lmSigp56oveKPp6w/erferfef3443r3434
pasdcd555ye2018                    15o4fkfk4lf,dfmemfgermp
1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrU       1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrUjN7g/1554th18.7zg
17ergergom/file/wv7PNHVud9kA       ergergerggupload.com/filerge/uU8CesyKVkPb4MWk_0VqkQ/1554th11.7z
ergergerggupload.com/filerge       17ergergom/file/wv7PNHVud9kAerAP3_WO-g/1554th0810.7zg
ergergerge34r43r343                peerfergeg4Me<123
0987676543210                      0987676543210
###                                ###

after running my regex S/R :

SEARCH (?-s)^(###.+\R)(.+\R)((?:.+\R)*?)(.+\R)(?=^###)

REPLACE \1\4\3\2

it does give the expected text :

###                                ###
0987676543210                      0987676543210
17ergergom/file/wv7PNHVud9kA       ergergerggupload.com/filerge/uU8CesyKVkPb4MWk_0VqkQ/1554th11.7z
1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrU       1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrUjN7g/1554th18.7zg
15o4fkfk4lf,dfmemfgermp            pasdcd555ye2018
6664lekrflkeuN3s5lmSigp56ove       6664lekrflkeuN3s5lmSigp56oveKPp6w/erferfef3443r3434
pasdcd555ye2018                    15o4fkfk4lf,dfmemfgermp
1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrU       1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrUjN7g/1554th18.7zg
17ergergom/file/wv7PNHVud9kA       ergergerggupload.com/filerge/uU8CesyKVkPb4MWk_0VqkQ/1554th11.7z
ergergerggupload.com/filerge       17ergergom/file/wv7PNHVud9kAerAP3_WO-g/1554th0810.7zg
ergergerge34r43r343                peerfergeg4Me<123
1234567890                         1234567890
###                                ###

Obviously, the first and last line, made of digits only, are inverted ! So what ?

Best regards,

guy038

astrosofista

Hi @guy038, All

Thank you for getting back to me. I am too a big fan of the bullet • —the symbol, not the projectile :)—. In my numeric keypad the bullet is typed by the sequence you mentioned and also with just Alt + numpad7, but as I used it a lot, usually get it through a hotstring, a triple ooo, which I can easily remember.

Concerning your samples, I agree that the bullet looks better than asterisks and dots in ASCII tables. The adding sign + also looks fine when used for crossing single lines.

I began to see the seemingly next step in tables, the ones constructed with Unicode characters, but I didn´t found the time yet to deal with them.

Well, that’s enough for me and sorry for hijacking the thread.

Best Regards.

astrosofista

@Terry-R said in about selection:

find a method to count max number of lines in any group. That is another question to be answered. I did have a regex which can do it, but it was not elegant.

Nice and tricky puzzle. Don’t know if it is elegant or not — another question related to the eye of the beholder —, but found a regex solution for it, a long string of 172 characters for the search expression that matches groups up to 10 lines. Can post it, if interested.

Best Regards.

cisco779k

@guy038
I wanted to recall the post, since i didn’t see answers after 2 days and i don’t know how else to contact you. I didn’t want to be rude, it was fair to close the question…

well: you have read my post above? with your reply you have published same reg-ex of your previous post.
and not work for me… same reg-ex.
perhaps it is i who do not understand.
now i have this example:

###
peerfergeg4Me<123
17ergergom/file/wv7PNHVud9kA
1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrU
ergergerggupload.com/filerge
ergergerge34r43r343
###

this is only 5 line, but on some case i have field to 9 lines.
i want reverse first with last line like this:

###
ergergerge34r43r343
17ergergom/file/wv7PNHVud9kA
1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrU
ergergerggupload.com/filerge
peerfergeg4Me<123
###

on this example your reg-ex not work (for me).

Ekopalypse

@cisco779k

What I find confusing is that, when asked again, not to take the trouble
to explain exactly where the problem is and what you expect to get as a result.

For example your mail from 2 days ago.
You write that in some cases it may be that between the ### lines
can also be 9 lines to be found and give 5 lines as an example. Confuses me.

The whole thing suggests that there could be 10 or 15 or only 2 or 3 lines.
You see what I mean?

The better and more precise you can ask your question the easier it is for others to help you.
If there are problems with the language, I would use an online translator for what I am doing right now.
They get better and better the more they are used.

guy038

Hello, @cisco779k, @Terry-r, @astrosofista, @alan-kilborn and All,

Oh…, @cisco779k, I’m sorry ! I did not notice the differences between your example, below :

###
ergergerge34r43r343
17ergergom/file/wv7PNHVud9kA
1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrU
ergergerggupload.com/filerge
peerfergeg4Me<123
###

and my example :

###                                ###
ergergerge34r43r343                peerfergeg4Me<123
17ergergom/file/wv7PNHVud9kA       ergergerggupload.com/filerge/uU8CesyKVkPb4MWk_0VqkQ/1554th11.7z
1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrU       1ergergergegQy2iSLvFyoduWHrUjN7g/1554th18.7zg
ergergerggupload.com/filerge       17ergergom/file/wv7PNHVud9kAerAP3_WO-g/1554th0810.7zg
peerfergeg4Me<123                  ergergerge34r43r343
###                                ###

In your example, the header string ### is immediately followed with a line-break
In mime, the header string ### is followed with blank chars and an other string ###

So the obvious correction to do is to use the following S/R :

SEARCH (?-s)^(###.*\R)(.+\R)((?:.+\R)*?)(.+\R)(?=^###)

REPLACE \1\4\3\2

As you see, only the first + symbol, of the regex, has been changed into a * symbol, meaning that string ###, beginning the line ( ^ ), must be followed by 0 to n standard characters (.* ) before the line-break ( \R ) !

I should have remarked this difference before which would have avoided you to post again ;-))

Best Regards,

guy038

cisco779k

@guy038 tanxs you so much for your explanation and for modification to your reg-ex!
now it works very well!
I never said I had an example like yours, but maybe it’s my fault that I didn’t explain myself well …
everything is working fine now. always thanks for your regex!
cheers