regular expressions - within the brackets

[xkeops@gmail.com]

Not sure this is the group I should ask my question. I have this
string: [[_src|_alternate]]
and I would like to have a RegEx pattern to replace it with: <a
href="_src">_al ternate<a/(wiki way)

I know so far to process [[some info]]

<code>
function ParseContent(by val sText as string)
Dim oregexp As New Regex("\[\[([^\]]+)\]\]")
Return oregexp.Replace (sText, "<a>$1</a>")
end function
</code>

ParseContent("T his is a [[linq]] for you.") will output
<code>
This is a <a>linq</afor you.
</code>

Thanks,
xke

[xkeops@gmail.com]

Re: regular expressions - within the brackets

It looks like this pattern it's doing the job:

Dim oRegExp As New Regex("\[\[([^\]]+)\|([^\]]+)\]\]")
Return oRegExp.Replace (sText, "<a href=""$1"">$2</a>")

Looking forward for your input on this.




On Feb 5, 2:56 pm, xke...@gmail.co m wrote:

Not sure this is the group I should ask my question. I have this
string: [[_src|_alternate]]
and I would like to have a RegEx pattern to replace it with: <a
href="_src">_al ternate<a/(wiki way)
>
I know so far to process [[some info]]
>
<code>
function ParseContent(by val sText as string)
Dim oregexp As New Regex("\[\[([^\]]+)\]\]")
Return oregexp.Replace (sText, "<a>$1</a>")
end function
</code>
>
ParseContent("T his is a [[linq]] for you.") will output
<code>
This is a <a>linq</afor you.
</code>
>
Thanks,
xke

[Oliver Sturm]

Re: regular expressions - within the brackets

Hello xkeops,

>It looks like this pattern it's doing the job:
>
>Dim oRegExp As New Regex("\[\[([^\]]+)\|([^\]]+)\]\]")
>Return oRegExp.Replace (sText, "<a href=""$1"">$2</a>")
>
>Looking forward for your input on this.

I don't think I could have done it better than that. Was that your first
try at regular expressions? If so, you have some talent - most people are
initialy hopelessly confused when they need to match characters that also
have special meaning.


Oliver Sturm
--

http://www.sturmnet.org/blog

[xke]

Re: regular expressions - within the brackets

On Feb 12, 3:17 pm, "Oliver Sturm" <oli...@sturmne t.orgwrote:

Helloxkeops,
>

It looks like this pattern it's doing the job:

Thanks Oliver.

>

Dim oRegExp As New Regex("\[\[([^\]]+)\|([^\]]+)\]\]")
Return oRegExp.Replace (sText, "<a href=""$1"">$2</a>")

>

Looking forward for your input on this.

>
I don't think I could have done it better than that. Was that your first
try at regular expressions? If so, you have some talent - most people are
initialy hopelessly confused when they need to match characters that also
have special meaning.
>
Oliver Sturm
--http://www.sturmnet.or g/blog