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aa1
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6 years ago

Regex

Hi,   I was trying to implement something similar to the following https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/scripting/regular-expressions.html   var regEx3 = /;(\r\n)+function/g; var...
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Wamboo
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Hi aa1


Can You write more about this one? I think i can help You but i need more information.


For what for You need this? excel file? script routine?


what exactly do You want to replace and what is the complete form of the string?

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aa1
Contributor
6 years ago

Hi Wamboo,

 

Thank you for the reply. I need it for automation script. I am using test complete to compare two html files - actual vs. expected. But there are some of the lines that I would like to ignore. So I want to use regex to find those lines and replace with a whitespace or some characteres so that the testcomplete passes the test. Right now I drilled down to very simple expression:

 

Example: If i try regex tester such as http://regexstorm.net/tester, , it shows 1 match but test complete says 0 match for the following so I am assuming regex dont work the same way as it normally does in test complete.

 

var test1 = "agent_1a2b3c_LangPref_0";
var regEx = "(?<=agent_).*?(?=_)";
var ppp = aqString.StrMatches(regEx,test1);

Test complete gives ppp = false which means it did not find any match. I dont seem to understand why. You have any ideas?

 

Regards,

aa

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    aa1
    Contributor
    6 years ago

    Hi again,

     

    Furthermore, looks like testcomplete has its own non native regex methods. So I was trying those but that did not take me anywhere either.

     

    For example:

    var testString = "agent_1d74901d5";
var testRegex = /\agent\_\a/;
var re = new RegExp(testRegex);
var rr = re.test(testString);

    I dont understand why rr is false. Is that not how you would specify the regex?

     

    thanks

    aa