Regex extract between trible double quotes and newlines - regex

Question

For example i want to parse python file with text between triple double quotes and make html table from this text.
Text block for example like that
"""
Replaces greater than operator ('>') with 'NOT BETWEEN 0 AND #'
Replaces equals operator ('=') with 'BETWEEN # AND #'
Tested against:
* Microsoft SQL Server 2005
* MySQL 4, 5.0 and 5.5
* Oracle 10g
* PostgreSQL 8.3, 8.4, 9.0
Requirement:
* Microsoft Access
Notes:
* Useful to bypass weak and bespoke web application firewalls that
filter the greater than character
* The BETWEEN clause is SQL standard. Hence, this tamper script
should work against all (?) databases
>>> tamper('1 AND A > B--')
'1 AND A NOT BETWEEN 0 AND B--'
>>> tamper('1 AND A = B--')
'1 AND A BETWEEN B AND B--'
"""
Html table must be simple table contains 5 columns
Column everything between """ and \n if new line is empty
Column everything between Tested against: and \n if new line is empty or Requirement: and \n if new line is empty
Column everything between Notes: and \n if new line is empty
Column everything between >>> and \n
Column everything between 4 column end and \n
So result must be:
Replaces greater than operator ('>') with 'NOT BETWEEN 0 AND #'
Replaces equals operator ('=') with 'BETWEEN # AND #'
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
MySQL 4, 5.0 and 5.5
Oracle 10g
PostgreSQL 8.3, 8.4, 9.0
or
Microsoft Access
Useful to bypass weak and bespoke web application firewalls that
filter the greater than character
The BETWEEN clause is SQL standard. Hence, this tamper script
should work against all (?) databases
tamper('1 AND A > B--')
tamper('1 AND A = B--')
'1 AND A NOT BETWEEN 0 AND B--'
'1 AND A BETWEEN B AND B--'
What kind of syntax can i use to extract that?
I will use VBScript.RegExp .
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
txt = fso.OpenTextFile("C:\path\to\your.py").ReadAll
Set re = New RegExp
re.Pattern = """([^""]*)"""
re.Global = True
For Each m In re.Execute(txt)
WScript.Echo m.SubMatches(0)
Next

Answer 1

Your question is quite broad, so I'll just outline a way to deal with this. Otherwise I'd have to write the whole script for you, which isn't going to happen.
Extract everything between the docquotes. Use a regular expression like this to extract the text between the docquotes:
Set re1 = New RegExp
re1.Pattern = """""""([\s\S]*?)"""""""
For Each m In re1.Execute(txt)
docstr = m.SubMatches(0)
Next
Note that you need to set the re.Global to True if you have more than 1 docstring in your file and want all of them processed. Otherwise you'll get just the first match.
Remove leading and trailing whitespace with a second regular expression:
Set re2 = New RegExp
re2.Pattern = "^\s*|\s*$"
re2.Global = True 'find all matches
docstr = re2.Replace(docstr, "")
You can't use Trim for this, because the function handles only spaces, not other whitespace.
Either split the string at 2+ consecutive line breaks to get the doc sections, or use another regular expression to extract them:
Set re3 = New RegExp
re3.Pattern = "([\s\S]*?)\r\n\r\n" +
"Tested against:\r\n([\s\S]*?)\r\n\r\n" +
...
For Each m In re3.Execute(txt)
descr = m.SubMatches(0)
tested = m.SubMatches(1)
...
Next
Continue breaking down the sections until you have the elements you want to display. Then build the HTML from these elements.