Find white spaces in the string using RegExp [duplicate] - regex

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/route/some pic name.jpg
I need to find all white spaces beetwen route/ and .jpg using RexExp.


You can just use this regular expression selector. Just make sure to use the global flag (/g):
\s
Here is an example:
var text = "/route/some pic name.jpg";
var regex = /\s/g;
var replacement = "_";
var result = text.replace(regex, replacement);
console.log(result);
If you want to match only spaces, you can also just use a space as a selector together with the global flag /g.


Regexp:
\s <= 1 White Space
\s+ <= 1 or more White Space
\s* <= 0 or more White Space
const regex = /\s+/g;
const str = `/route/some pic name.jpg`;
const subst = `-`;
// The substituted value will be contained in the result variable
const result = str.replace(regex, subst);
console.log(result);


You just need \s like /\s/g
/g will match all ocurrences of \s


If you want to replace spaces with say "_" or if you want to count the number of spaces in the string, you can do something like this.
String pattern = "\\s+"; // regular expression for whitespaces
String str = "/route/some pic name.jpg";
System.out.println(str.replaceAll(pattern, "_"));
System.out.println(str.length() - str.replaceAll(pattern, "").length()); // prints 2
The above code snippet is in Java.

Related

Capturing a delimiter that isn't in between single quotes

Like the question says, is it possible to use a single Regex string to get a delimiter that isn't in between some quotes?
For example, I want to split this string with the delimiter &:
"example=3&testing='f&tmp'"
should produce
["example=3", "testing='f&tmp'"]
Essentially, things inside single quotes (' ') should remain untouched.
I found out how to get things within quotes with expression: (?:'.*?')
The closest I could get to a tangible solution was: (.[^']&[^'])

It is not an easy task for a String#split, but is quite a feasible task for Matcher#find if you use
[^&\s=]+=(?:'[^']*'|[^\s&]*)
(see this regex demo) and this Java code:
String text = "example=3&testing='f&tmp'";
Pattern p = Pattern.compile("[^&\\s=]+=(?:'[^']*'|[^\\s&]*)");
Matcher m = p.matcher(text);
List<String> res = new ArrayList<>();
while(m.find()) {
res.add(m.group());
}
System.out.println(res);
// => [example=3, testing='f&tmp']
Details
[^&\s=]+ - one or more chars other than &, = and whitespace
= - a = char
(?:'[^']*'|[^\s&]*) - a non-capturing group matching either ', zero or more chars other than ' and then a ', or zero or more chars other than whitespace and &.

Regex To Match Comma Separated Values Between Round Brackets [duplicate]

I am trying to write a regular expression which returns a string which is between parentheses. For example: I want to get the string which resides between the strings "(" and ")"
I expect five hundred dollars ($500).
would return
$500
Found Regular expression to get a string between two strings in Javascript
I don't know how to use '(', ')' in regexp.

You need to create a set of escaped (with \) parentheses (that match the parentheses) and a group of regular parentheses that create your capturing group:
var regExp = /\(([^)]+)\)/;
var matches = regExp.exec("I expect five hundred dollars ($500).");
//matches[1] contains the value between the parentheses
console.log(matches[1]);
Breakdown:
\( : match an opening parentheses
( : begin capturing group
[^)]+: match one or more non ) characters
) : end capturing group
\) : match closing parentheses
Here is a visual explanation on RegExplained

Try string manipulation:
var txt = "I expect five hundred dollars ($500). and new brackets ($600)";
var newTxt = txt.split('(');
for (var i = 1; i < newTxt.length; i++) {
console.log(newTxt[i].split(')')[0]);
}
or regex (which is somewhat slow compare to the above)
var txt = "I expect five hundred dollars ($500). and new brackets ($600)";
var regExp = /\(([^)]+)\)/g;
var matches = txt.match(regExp);
for (var i = 0; i < matches.length; i++) {
var str = matches[i];
console.log(str.substring(1, str.length - 1));
}

Simple solution
Notice: this solution can be used for strings having only single "(" and ")" like string in this question.
("I expect five hundred dollars ($500).").match(/\((.*)\)/).pop();
Online demo (jsfiddle)

To match a substring inside parentheses excluding any inner parentheses you may use
\(([^()]*)\)
pattern. See the regex demo.
In JavaScript, use it like
var rx = /\(([^()]*)\)/g;
Pattern details
\( - a ( char
([^()]*) - Capturing group 1: a negated character class matching any 0 or more chars other than ( and )
\) - a ) char.
To get the whole match, grab Group 0 value, if you need the text inside parentheses, grab Group 1 value.
Most up-to-date JavaScript code demo (using matchAll):
const strs = ["I expect five hundred dollars ($500).", "I expect.. :( five hundred dollars ($500)."];
const rx = /\(([^()]*)\)/g;
strs.forEach(x => {
const matches = [...x.matchAll(rx)];
console.log( Array.from(matches, m => m[0]) ); // All full match values
console.log( Array.from(matches, m => m[1]) ); // All Group 1 values
});
Legacy JavaScript code demo (ES5 compliant):
var strs = ["I expect five hundred dollars ($500).", "I expect.. :( five hundred dollars ($500)."];
var rx = /\(([^()]*)\)/g;
for (var i=0;i<strs.length;i++) {
console.log(strs[i]);
// Grab Group 1 values:
var res=[], m;
while(m=rx.exec(strs[i])) {
res.push(m[1]);
}
console.log("Group 1: ", res);
// Grab whole values
console.log("Whole matches: ", strs[i].match(rx));
}

Ported Mr_Green's answer to a functional programming style to avoid use of temporary global variables.
var matches = string2.split('[')
.filter(function(v){ return v.indexOf(']') > -1})
.map( function(value) {
return value.split(']')[0]
})

Alternative:
var str = "I expect five hundred dollars ($500) ($1).";
str.match(/\(.*?\)/g).map(x => x.replace(/[()]/g, ""));
→ (2) ["$500", "$1"]
It is possible to replace brackets with square or curly brackets if you need

For just digits after a currency sign : \(.+\s*\d+\s*\) should work
Or \(.+\) for anything inside brackets

let str = "Before brackets (Inside brackets) After brackets".replace(/.*\(|\).*/g, '');
console.log(str) // Inside brackets

var str = "I expect five hundred dollars ($500) ($1).";
var rex = /\$\d+(?=\))/;
alert(rex.exec(str));
Will match the first number starting with a $ and followed by ')'. ')' will not be part of the match. The code alerts with the first match.
var str = "I expect five hundred dollars ($500) ($1).";
var rex = /\$\d+(?=\))/g;
var matches = str.match(rex);
for (var i = 0; i < matches.length; i++)
{
alert(matches[i]);
}
This code alerts with all the matches.
References:
search for "?=n"
http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_obj_regexp.asp
search for "x(?=y)"
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/RegExp

Simple:
(?<value>(?<=\().*(?=\)))
I hope I've helped.

Regex for characters in specific location in string

Using notepad++, how can I replace the -s noted by the carats? The dashes I want to replace occurs every 7th character in the string.
11.871-2-2.737-2.00334-2
^ ^ ^
123456781234567812345678

It's pretty simple since it's only dashes:
(\S*?)-
Begin capture group.............................. (
Find any number of non-space chars... \S*
Lazily until...............................................?
End capture group...................................)
No capture find hyphen...........................-
Demo 1
var str = `11.871-2-2.737-2.00334-2`;
var sub = `$1`;
var rgx = /(\S*?)-/g;
var res = str.replace(rgx, sub);
console.log(res);
"There is a dash (right above 1) that I would like to preserve. This seems to get rid of all the dashes in the string"
The question clearly shows that there isn't a dash at the "1 position", but since there's a possibility that it's possible considering the pattern (n7). Don't have time to break it down, but I can refer you to a proper definition of the meta char \b.
Demo 2
var str = `-11.871-2-2.737-2.00334-2`;
var sub = `$1$2`;
var rgx = /\b[-]{1}(\S*?)-(\S*?)\b/g;
var res = str.replace(rgx, sub);
console.log(res);

Search for ([0-9\.-]{6,6})-
Replace with: $1MY_SEPARATOR

Regex for string *11F23H3*: Start and end with *, 7 Uppercase literals or numbers in between

I need to check strings like *11F23H3* that start and end with a *and have 7 uppercase literals or numbers in between. So far I have:
if (!barcode.match('[*A-Z0-9*]')) {
console.error(`ERROR: Barcode not valid`);
process.exitCode = 1;
}
But this does not cover strings like *11111111111*. How would the correct regex look like?

I need to check strings like 11F23H3 that start and end with a *and have 7 uppercase literals or numbers in between
You can use this regex:
/\*[A-Z0-9]{7}\*/
* is regex meta character that needs to be escaped outside character class
[A-Z0-9]{7} will match 7 characters containing uppercase letter or digits
RegEx Demo
Code:
var re = /\*[A-Z0-9]{7}\*/;
if (!re.test(barcode)) {
console.error(`ERROR: Barcode ${barcode} in row ${row} is not valid`);
process.exitCode = 1;
}
Note that if barcode is only going to have this string then you should also use anchors like this to avoid matching any other text on either side of *:
var re = /^\*[A-Z0-9]{7}\*$/;

c# regex split or replace. here's my code i did

I am trying to replace a certain group to "" by using regex.
I was searching and doing my best, but it's over my head.
What I want to do is,
string text = "(12je)apple(/)(jj92)banana(/)cat";
string resultIwant = {apple, banana, cat};
In the first square bracket, there must be 4 character including numbers.
and '(/)' will come to close.
Here's my code. (I was using matches function)
string text= #"(12dj)apple(/)(88j1)banana(/)cat";
string pattern = #"\(.{4}\)(?<value>.+?)\(/\)";
Regex rex = new Regex(pattern);
MatchCollection mc = rex.Matches(text);
if(mc.Count > 0)
{
foreach(Match str in mc)
{
print(str.Groups["value"].Value.ToString());
}
}
However, the result was
apple
banana
So I think I should use replace or something else instead of Matches.

The below regex would capture the word characters which are just after to ),
(?<=\))(\w+)
DEMO
Your c# code would be,
{
string str = "(12je)apple(/)(jj92)banana(/)cat";
Regex rgx = new Regex(#"(?<=\))(\w+)");
foreach (Match m in rgx.Matches(str))
Console.WriteLine(m.Groups[1].Value);
}
IDEONE
Explanation:
(?<=\)) Positive lookbehind is used here. It sets the matching marker just after to the ) symbol.
() capturing groups.
\w+ Then it captures all the following word characters. It won't capture the following ( symbol because it isn't a word character.