String between curly braces

[kevin007]

Hi All,

I want to find strings between curly brackets and store the string into a variable.

sample string:

{This is a
First
curly
bracket}

[Thierry]

I want to find strings between curly brackets and store the string into a variable.

{This is a
First
curly
bracket}

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 matchText( aString, "(?s){(.+?)}", theMatch ) 

HTH,

Thierry

[kevin007]

@Thierry

It's only works when the string is in same line, if the part of the string is in another line it is not working

[Thierry]

@Thierry

It's only works when the string is in same line, if the part of the string is in another line it is not working

Just tried out and it works as expected here

I test it on Mac with LC 8; but it shouldn't matter really.

any typo in your regex ?

Otherwise, make a simple stack with one field and one button.
put some text in the field and your code in the button and send me the stack.

Thierry

[kevin007]

@Thierry

In the following case How to change the code.

{{This is a}
First {\alpha}
curly {[$\beta$]}
bracket}

[Thierry]

In the following case How to change the code.

Mmm, better stop using regex except if you are ready to learn them...

Instead try using:

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offset(charsToFind, stringToSearch [, charsToSkip])

See it in the dictionary, plus I believe there are some snippet of code
in this forum too.

Best,

Thierry

[dunbarx]

Hi.

Regex, like dataGrids, are advanced tools, and should not be used by new users until they have a firm foundation in "ordinary" LiveCode. The attraction, especial with dataGrids, is easy to understand, but likely counterproductive, and even if one gets them working, I feel that it is putting the cart before the horse.

So do use "offset" as Thierry suggests. Though an intermediate-level function, at least it is "ordinary", in that it deals with variables and strings, the stuff of "ordinary" programming. It will tax you just a bit, as you try to isolate the text between the two different delimiting chars.

Craig Newman

[jacque]

Are you trying to decode JSON? There are libraries for that.