search inside brackets

Anita Nieuw

hi all,

can any one help me?

in a RTF file I want to find all “\hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1” (or part of it) inside the brackets “[ ]”.

in this example: [NAW_NAW\hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 1] and [STARTSECTIE:STORNOS(AND STOR.AANNR=[BZWSCHRIFT_AAN\hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 NR])]

\fs19\lang1024\langfe1024\langnp2057\insrsid10121777 {*\bkmkstart blwaan}
\par \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 [STARTSECTIE:NAW(and snaw.subjectnr = [BZWSCHRIFT_GEMACHTIGDENR])][NAW_NAW\hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 1]\line [NAW_NAW2]}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang1024\langfe1024\langnp2057\insrsid10121777
\par }\pard\plain \ltrpar\s25\ql \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\widctlpar\intbl\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\pararsid9908172 \rtlch\fcs1 \af1\afs19\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0
\fs19\lang1024\langfe1024\loch\af1\hich\af1\dbch\af31505\cgrid\noproof\langnp1043\langfenp1043 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang1024\langfe1024\langnp2057\insrsid10121777 \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 [NAW_NAW3]\line {*\bkmkend blwaan}
\hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 [BETALING_REEDSBET]}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid8744553 \tab }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af1 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid3617139 \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1
-[EINDESECTIE:BETALING] [STARTSECTIE:STORNOS(AND STOR.AANNR=[BZWSCHRIFT_AAN\hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 NR])]\tab \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 [STARTSECTIE:DUMMY(where ‘[STORNOS_REEDSTER1]’ > ‘0’)]
\par }\pard\plain \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\sl-280\slmult0\widctlpar\tx5387\tqr\tx7088\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \rtlch\fcs1 \af1\afs19\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0

guy038

Hello, @anita-nieuw and All,

I noticed, in your text, that the string \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1 is located, principally, near a closing square bracket ]

So, here is a possible regex to match this string inside a brackets block :

SEARCH (?-i)\Q\hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1\E(?=[^\r\n[]*?\])

Of course, you must set the Regular expression search mode !

Notes :

First, the modifier (?-i) forces a NON-insensitive to case search
Then, the part \Q\hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1\E, due to the boundaries \Q and \E, looks for the literal range of characters, between them
But an overall match implies that the look-ahead (?=[^\r\n[]*?\]), in other words, the condition is true.
That is to say, that, after the string \hich\af1\dbch\af31505\loch\f1, there is, further on, a closing square bracket ] and between, the shortest optional range of characters, different from, either, the opening square bracket [ and the End of Line characters \r and \n
For instance, for your two occurrences, found in your example, the [^\r\n[]*? part of the regex matches a space character followed by the digit 1 or the string NR, both, right before the ]

Best Regards,

guy038

Anita Nieuw

GREAT, thank you very, very much! I’m happy :)