using Mongodb in my meteor application I am making a query using regular expression to check if the name or code is already available in the database or not. In my string all the numbers and special character are included. But when regular expression finds a special character ++ in the string it is giving the error
Exception while invoking method
'createSubject' SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: /^C++$/: Nothing to repeat
I20140109-13:15:21.277(5.5)? at new RegExp ()
my code is
var code_regex = new RegExp(["^",code,"$"].join(""),"i");
var curr = Meteor.curri.findOne({code: code_regex});
It is working fine with the strings but i tried C++ as the code and it produce the above error.
You need to escape your characters because C++ is part of the regular expression, with + being to look for more matches of the prior expression.
From : How to escape regular expression special characters using javascript?
RegExp.escape = function(text) {
return text.replace(/[-[\]{}()*+?.,\\^$|#\s]/g, "\\$&");
};
var code_regex = new RegExp(["^",
RegExp.escape(code),
"$"].join(""),"i");
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I have a string variable in PowerShell which contains the value:
NFP|8dc3b47a-48eb-4696-abe2-48729beb63c8
I am attempting to get the beginning portion of that string into it's own variable by identifying the index of the "|" character and using a substring function to extract the first portion of the string, in this case "NFP". I am not sure how to escape the "|" so I can use it properly. It doesn't seem to recognize it at all. My latest attempt is as follows:
$PolicyManual = $Item["PolicyManual"]
write-host $PolicyManual #Displays NFP|8dc3b47a-48eb-4696-abe2-48729beb63c8
if ($PolicyManual.Contains([regex]::escape("|"))) {
$PolcyManual = $PolicyManual.Substring(0, $PolicyManual.IndexOf([regex]::escape("|")))
}
I'm sure this is simple, but I can't figure out how to make it work. Can anyone offer assistance to a PowerShell novice?
Thanks.
The problem is that .contains method doesn't know about regex and you are never entering the if condition because of this. When you do [regex]::escape("|"), the method is looking for a literal \|.
Try this instead:
$PolicyManual = "NFP|8dc3b47a-48eb-4696-abe2-48729beb63c8"
if ($PolicyManual.Contains('|')) {
$element0, $element1 = $PolicyManual.Split('|')
$element0 #=> NFP
$element1 #=> 8dc3b47a-48eb-4696-abe2-48729beb63c8
}
I have this string: "C:\Procesos\rrhh\CorteDocumentos\Cortados\10001662-1_20060301_29_1_20190301.pdf" and im trying to get this part : "20190301". The problem is the lenght is not always the same. It would be:
"9001662-1_20060301_4_1_20190301".
I've tried this: item.ToString.Substring(66,8), but it doesn't work sometimes.
What can I do?.
This is a code example of what I said in my comment.
Sub Main()
Dim strFileName As String = ""
Dim di As New DirectoryInfo("C:\Users\Maniac\Desktop\test")
Dim aryFi As FileInfo() = di.GetFiles("*.pdf")
Dim fi As FileInfo
For Each fi In aryFi
Dim arrname() As String
arrname = Split(Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fi.Name), "_")
strFileName = arrname(arrname.Count - 1)
Console.WriteLine(strFileName)
Next
End Sub
You could achieve this using a simple regular expressions, which has the added benefit of including pattern validation.
If you need to get exactly eight numbers from the end of file name (and after an underscore), you can use this pattern:
_(\d{8})\.pdf
And then this VB.NET line:
Regex.Match(fileName, "_(\d{8})\.pdf").Groups(1).Value
It's important to mention that Regex is by default case sensitive, so to prevent from being in a situations where "pdf" is matched and "PDF" is not, the patter can be adjusted like this:
(?i)_(\d{8})\.pdf
You can than use it directly in any expression window:
PS: You should also ensure that System.Text.RegularExpressions reference is in the Imports:
You can achieve it by this way as well :)
Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(Str1).Split("_"c).Last
Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension
Returns the file name of the specified path string without the extension.
so with your String it will return to you - 10001662-1_20060301_29_1_20190301
then Split above String i.e. 10001662-1_20060301_29_1_20190301 based on _ and will return an array of string.
Last
It will return you the last element of an array returned by Split..
Regards..!!
AKsh
I'm hoping this is an easy question, and that I'm just not seeing the forest due to all the trees.
I have a string in flutter than came from a REST API that looks like this:
"What\u0027s this?"
The \u is causing a problem.
I can't do a string.replaceAll("\", "\") on it as the single slash means it's looking for a character after it, which is not what I need.
I tried doing a string.replaceAll(String.fromCharCode(0x92), "") to remove it - That didn't work.
I then tried using a regex to remove it like string.replaceAll("/(?:\)/", "") and the same single slash remains.
So, the question is how to remove that single slash, so I can add in a double slash, or replace it with a double slash?
Cheers
Jase
I found the issue. I was looking for hex 92 (0x92) and it should have been decimal 92.
I ended up solving the issue like this...
String removeUnicodeApostrophes(String strInput) {
// First remove the single slash.
String strModified = strInput.replaceAll(String.fromCharCode(92), "");
// Now, we can replace the rest of the unicode with a proper apostrophe.
return strModified.replaceAll("u0027", "\'");
}
When the string is read, I assume what's happening is that it's being interpreted as literal rather than as what it should be (code points) i.e. each character of \0027 is a separate character. You may actually be able to fix this depending on how you access the API - see the dart convert library. If you use utf8.decode on the raw data you may be able to avoid this entire problem.
However, if that's not an option there's an easy enough solution for you.
What's happening when you're writing out your regex or replace is that you're not escaping the backslash, so it's essentially becoming nothing. If you use a double slash, that solve the problem as it escapes the escape character. "\\" => "\".
The other option is to use a raw string like r"\" which ignores the escape character.
Paste this into https://dartpad.dartlang.org:
String withapostraphe = "What\u0027s this?";
String withapostraphe1 = withapostraphe.replaceAll('\u0027', '');
String withapostraphe2 = withapostraphe.replaceAll(String.fromCharCode(0x27), '');
print("Original encoded properly: $withapostraphe");
print("Replaced with nothing: $withapostraphe1");
print("Using char code for ': $withapostraphe2");
String unicodeNotDecoded = "What\\u0027s this?";
String unicodeWithApostraphe = unicodeNotDecoded.replaceAll('\\u0027', '\'');
String unicodeNoApostraphe = unicodeNotDecoded.replaceAll('\\u0027', '');
String unicodeRaw = unicodeNotDecoded.replaceAll(r"\u0027", "'");
print("Data as read with escaped unicode: $unicodeNotDecoded");
print("Data replaced with apostraphe: $unicodeWithApostraphe");
print("Data replaced with nothing: $unicodeNoApostraphe");
print("Data replaced using raw string: $unicodeRaw");
To see the result:
Original encoded properly: What's this?
Replaced with nothing: Whats this?
Using char code for ': Whats this?
Data as read with escaped unicode: What\u0027s this?
Data replaced with apostraphe: What's this?
Data replaced with nothing: Whats this?
Data replaced using raw string: What's this?
I want to escape this string in SAPUI5 like this.
var escapedLongText = escape(unescapedLongText);
String (UTF-8 quote, space, Unicode quote)
" “
Escaped string
%22%20%u201C
I want to unescape it with this method, but it returns empty. Any ideas?
DATA: LV_STRING TYPE STRING.
LV_STRING = '%22%20%u201C'.
CALL METHOD CL_HTTP_UTILITY=>UNESCAPE_URL
EXPORTING
ESCAPED = LV_STRING
RECEIVING
UNESCAPED = LV_STRING.
I changed the code in SAPUI5 to the following:
var escapedLongText = encodeURI(unescapedLongText);
This results in: (like andreas mentioned)
%22%20%e2%80%9c
If I want to decode it later in SAPUI5, it can be done like this:
var unescapedLongText = unescape(decodeURI(escapedLongText));
The unescape needs to be done, because commas (for example) don't seem to be decoded automatically.
I want to search a text that contains comma in database, but, there is not comma in the reference.
For example. In database I have the following value:
"Development of computer programs, including electronic games"
So, I try to search the data using the following string as reference:
"development of computer programs including electronic games"
NOTE that the only difference is that in database I have a comma in the text, but, in my reference for search, I have not.
Here is my code:
public async Task<ActionResult>Index(string nomeServico)
{
using (MyDB db = new MyDB())
{
// 1st We receive the following string:"development-of-computer-programs-including-electronic-games"
// but we remove all "-" characters
string serNome = nomeServico.RemoveCaractere("-", " ");
// we search the service that contains (in the SerName field) the value equal to the parameter of the Action.
Servicos servico = db.Servicos.FirstOrDefault(c => c.SerNome.ToLower().Equals(serNome, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
}
}
The problem is that, in the database, the data contains comma, and in the search value, don't.
In you code you are replacing "-" with "" and that too in your search string. But as per your requirement you need to change "," with "" for your DB entry.
Try doing something like this:
string serNome = nomeServico.ToLower();
Servicos servico = db.Servicos.FirstOrDefault(c => c.SerNome.Replace(",","").ToLower() == serNome);