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    • EkopalypseE
      Ekopalypse
      last edited by

      What about using this
      (?s)((<<)\h+(["|'])(\w+?)\3\h*;.*?\4)

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      • EkopalypseE
        Ekopalypse
        last edited by

        1. is the boost:regex convention to denote match group 3
          and
        2. defines which match group actually should be painted

        Like if you have:

        r'(word1)(word2)(word3)', [2,3]
        

        would mean that only word2 and word3 would be painted
        whereas if you would specify

        r'(word1)(word2)(word3)', [0]
        

        everything would be colored.

        Does this makes sense to you?

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        • Gilles MaisonneuveG
          Gilles Maisonneuve @Ekopalypse
          last edited by

          @Ekopalypse

          I don’t understand your regexp syntax. Perhaps too ‘pythonized’ for me.

          (?s) : what does it mean ? is it ‘s///’ ? or really a non capturing group of ‘s’ ???
          \3 \4 : are they $3 $4, I don’t think as I can’t see a 4th accumulator

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          • EkopalypseE
            Ekopalypse
            last edited by Ekopalypse

            (?s) is a modifier telling the engine that the dot matches line endings
            and yes, the engine uses \1 and $1

            Here the link to the documentation - maybe easier for you.

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            • EkopalypseE
              Ekopalypse
              last edited by

              ooppps

              (?s)((<<)\h+(["|'])(\w+?)\3\h*;.*?\3)

              :-D

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              • Gilles MaisonneuveG
                Gilles Maisonneuve @Ekopalypse
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                • Gilles MaisonneuveG
                  Gilles Maisonneuve @Ekopalypse
                  last edited by

                  @Ekopalypse

                  Ok
                  another one: in Python you must say ["|'] instead of Perl ["'] (‘either one of the set’) ? Is that what it means ?

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                  • EkopalypseE
                    Ekopalypse
                    last edited by

                    No, afaik non-capturing group is (?:pattern)
                    This, (?s), just tells the engine that the dot . is matching
                    EOLs like \r\n - if I’m right.

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                    • EkopalypseE
                      Ekopalypse
                      last edited by Ekopalypse

                      Just for clarification, the python script does NOT use the python regex engine instead
                      it uses the one notepad++ offers, the boost::regex.
                      Yes, you can use the enumeration without the pipe but makes it more visible for me with
                      the pipe sign. Or is there a difference if used with pipe sign or without?

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                      • EkopalypseE
                        Ekopalypse
                        last edited by Ekopalypse

                        or maybe this one might be even better
                        (?s)(<<)\h+(["'])(\w+?)\2\h*;.*?\3

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                        • Gilles MaisonneuveG
                          Gilles Maisonneuve
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                          Can’t reply what I wanted, a robot says I’m spamming…

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                          • EkopalypseE
                            Ekopalypse @Gilles Maisonneuve
                            last edited by

                            @Gilles-Maisonneuve

                            Can’t reply what I wanted, a robot says I’m spamming…

                            I have no idea why this happens sometimes.

                            By the way, now that you have installed pythonscript plugin would you mind
                            clicking Plugins->Python Script->Scripts->Samples->RegexTester ?

                            I know not everyone is recommending it but, personally, I love it.

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                            • Gilles MaisonneuveG
                              Gilles Maisonneuve @Gilles Maisonneuve
                              last edited by

                              AFAIK, at least in Perl, ["|'] means double-quote OR pipre OR simple-quote, everything between square brakets is literal. Also true in “awk” and C regexp I think.
                              I don’t know for Python.

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                              • Gilles MaisonneuveG
                                Gilles Maisonneuve @Gilles Maisonneuve
                                last edited by

                                @Ekopalypse

                                Now, if I say in Pyhton (attempt to transliterate from Perl) :

                                (r'(?s)(\h*(<<)\h*["|']?([^"|^']+?)["|']?\h*;.*?\3)', [2])
                                

                                does it mean :

                                1. form REGEXP
                                2. do not match NL with DOT
                                3. matches any horizontal blanks (0 or more), don’t make a group
                                4. matches ‘<<’ make it a group
                                5. matches any horizontal blanks (0 or more), don’t make a group
                                6. matches 0 or 1 text quote (either double or single), no group
                                7. matches a group of any chars not " nor ’ one or more time(s) (in perl it would be [^"'])
                                8. matches 0 or 1 text quote (either double or single), no group
                                9. possible blanks until semi-colon, semi-colon, then possible chars until NL

                                BUT THEN, what does mean ?\3. I’m lost there.

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                                • Gilles MaisonneuveG
                                  Gilles Maisonneuve @Gilles Maisonneuve
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                                  a slash m

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                                  • EkopalypseE
                                    Ekopalypse
                                    last edited by Ekopalypse

                                    the r at the beginning just informs python that this is a raw string and
                                    every char must be taken literally otherwise backslashes would be treated
                                    as escapes under some circumstances.

                                    The regex string is only this part

                                    (?s)(\h*(<<)\h*["|']?([^"|^']+?)["|']?\h*;.*?\3)
                                    

                                    and I would say, but as said - not an regex expert at all,

                                    (?s) means Dot matches newline characters
                                    the first matching group is

                                    (\h*(<<)\h*["|']?([^"|^']+?)["|']?\h*;.*?\3)
                                    

                                    the second

                                    (<<)
                                    

                                    and the third must be

                                    ([^"|^']+?)
                                    

                                    if I’m right.

                                    \3 should be the same as $3 in perl

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                                    • Gilles MaisonneuveG
                                      Gilles Maisonneuve @Ekopalypse
                                      last edited by Gilles Maisonneuve

                                      @Ekopalypse

                                      still confused: ([^"|^']+?) why a ‘?’ after the ‘+’ what’s for this ‘?’

                                      and then \3 would mean the 3rd matching group (third ‘()’) but in Perl is used only in subsitutions. What is the use here ? There are only 2 groups in the regex (two blocks surrounded by parenthèses only.

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                                      • EkopalypseE
                                        Ekopalypse @Gilles Maisonneuve
                                        last edited by

                                        @Gilles-Maisonneuve

                                        maybe this picture makes it a little bit clearer

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                                        • EkopalypseE
                                          Ekopalypse @Gilles Maisonneuve
                                          last edited by Ekopalypse

                                          @Gilles-Maisonneuve

                                          still confused: ([^"|^']+?) why a ‘?’ after the ‘+’ what’s for this ‘?’

                                          as less as possible - non-greedy

                                          and then \3 would mean the 3rd matching group (third ‘()’) but in Perl is used only in >subsitutions. What is the use here ? There are only 2 groups in the regex (two blocks >surrounded by parenthèses only.

                                          placeholder for what was found in match group 3, to find the EOT at the end

                                          and there are 3 match groups or am I missing something??

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                                          • Gilles MaisonneuveG
                                            Gilles Maisonneuve @Ekopalypse
                                            last edited by

                                            @Ekopalypse

                                            2 sets of parenteses only, where is the third set ?
                                            so only 2 match groups

                                            can you make this work :

                                            no syntax error on the python console but absolutely no result, where is my bug ?

                                            regexes[(3, (255,255,255))] = (r'(?s)(\s*(<<)\s*("{0,1}.+"{0,1})\s*;.*?\3)', [1])
                                            
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