Regexp of strings

Posted by Urte on Fri 19 Jul 2002 11:40 AM — 4 posts, 15,996 views.

Urte Fri 19 Jul 2002 11:40 AM #0

All right. I need to ask a question, I /have/ to be merely missing something simple in regexps or such.

How do I highlight a string so that string (and only that string) appears highlighted in the paragraph?

IE: Say I wish to highlight the name 'James' so it do the following highlights:

James
(James,
James)

Etc. Basically highlight the string no matter where it appears on the line, but only that substring, in case the bold stuff there isn't easily seen.

And I get the feeling I'm missing something simple. ;)

Urte

Magnum Canada Fri 19 Jul 2002 07:14 PM #1

One of my early triggers, this works on the word "manhole":


<triggers>
  <trigger
   custom_colour="8"
   enabled="y"
   match="(manhole)"
   regexp="y"
   sequence="100"
  >
  </trigger>
</triggers>

Urte Fri 19 Jul 2002 10:53 PM #2

Ah. Much better. That works well. My mind's gone off regexps since starting to use Windows programs instead of Tinyfugue, seem to have forgotten almost everything. Thanks!

Urte

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Thu 01 Aug 2002 12:48 AM #3

In fact, you can do without the brackets, which merely return the contents as wildcard 1, which you aren't using.

In your case, just match on "James" and make it a regexp.

eg.


<triggers>
  <trigger
   custom_colour="3"
   enabled="y"
   match="James"
   regexp="y"
   sequence="100"
  >
  </trigger>
</triggers>