Re: one for the regex gods

On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 12:35 AM, Imsieke, Gerrit, le-tex
<gerrit.imsieke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 09.07.2013 01:05, Ihe Onwuka wrote:
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>> I have this regex
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>> <!-- remove commas embedded in amounts-->
>> <!-- also replace multiple hyphens with asterisks -->
>> <xsl:variable name="line"
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select="replace(replace(.,'-{2,}','**********'),'(,(\d{3})+(\D|$))','$2')"/>
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> Have you considered using '$2$3' as the outer replacement?
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Ah hah! That did the trick.

> But Im wondering whether the regex is really intended as it is written
> here. If you are trying to replace repeating groups of (,(\d{3})) with each
> $2, it should be more like (,(\d{3}))+ instead of (,(\d{3})+)
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food for future consumption... I am going with instant gratification.