From: Michael Graham 
@Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 13:45:15 -0500
@Sender: semware-owner{at}sawasdi.apana.org.au




There's a macro on Semware's site that searches for two words, even if
they are split by a line break:

    http://www.semware.com/files/tse-pro/locater.zip

I don't know how flexible it is.

It would be an interesting exercise to program a (simple) regular
expression engine in SAL, using GetText() and NextLine().  Such a beast
could, for instance:

  * search across lines
  * search for nested structures (e.g. with parens, brakets, or )

I would be interested to see how fast it would be.  Certainly not as
fast as the internal searches, but maybe fast enough for certain
purposes?


Michael



On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 17:18:17 -0800
"Greg Macdonald"  wrote:

>
> Define "in one line".
>
> With more complex searches, it occurs to me that the goal is really more
> logical content centric than line centric and the condition should be "in
> one sentence or paragraph".
>
> On the other hand, even a paper clip is inadequate if you have too many
> pieces of paper.
>
> Greg
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Fisher" 
> To: "TSE Mailing List" 
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 16:26
> Subject: [TSEPro] Re: regular expressions
>
>
> >
> > Dave,
> >
> > >I started a very similar response, but realized that with
> > >AND, stringa and stringb could be in any order.  It took me
> > >a bit, but I believe the following would do it.  Note that
> > >it is untested, however.
> > >{{stringa}.*{stringb}}|{stringb}.*{stringa}}
> >
> > Good idea, the same thought came to me only after I had
> > sent my answer - as usual in life, we become wise only
> > after the event ...
> >
> > However, for the desired effect, you have to add one more
> > "{" to your pattern, after the "|":
> >
> > {{stringa}.*{stringb}}|{{stringb}.*{stringa}}
> >
> > I'm beginning to think that a logical "AND" may after all be
> > needed.  Imagine you are searching for 3 patterns in one
> > line.
> > It could be: string1 string2 string3
> > But also: string2 string1 string3
> >
> > Then constructing such a "this way OR the other way round"
> > search string will become imposssible - it would be far to
> > long and complicated.
> >
> > Anyone knows a way out of this dilemma?
> >
> >
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