Hi people, Manipulating RegEx, I had come into one that I don't know how to solve: I need to remove '-' and make some substitutions into a file name, I've done it using the format value with the $right, $left and so, but I'd like to do it using the RegEx, as it suits more my purposes, here comes th…

[image] ykeyke: ... Original Filename: 123-456 A file to change version 123.123 201145-63 (2025-36-87-833) Final Filename: 123-456 A file to change version 123.123 201145-63 (-253687833) $regexp(%_FILENAME%,'^(.+)\s$\d\d(\d\d)-(\d\d)-(\d\d)-(\d\d\d)$$','$1 (-$2$3$4$5)') DD.20121110.0451.…

Woow, that's it. It works fine, so the secret was in the parenthesis. Thank you stevehero and DetlevD

[image] stevehero: First of all you have a ^ anchor to your regexp which there is no call. Tip is to start at the back and work your way backwards where you need to concentrate your attention. And also use the feature to make sure your doing it right. I know it doesn't have the _FILENAME but yo…

[image] ykeyke: Excuse me Stevehero, can you explain me a little bit the related with the caret anchor. I was reading the related article in http://www.regular-expressions.info/anchors.html and wikipedia, but didn't find my way out with the "Tip" you suggest me... How can I start from the back ?…

It's odd, the solution of DetlevD use both ^ and $, yours stevehero, in the first post (just edited) only $ at the final, however I try also using none of them, and it works also, what a mess ?!! All three possibilities do the job !!! I can't see the role !

However, something like: $regexp(%_filename%,'(\d{3}-\d{3})^(.+()\d{2}(\d{2})-(\d+)-(\d+)-(\d+))$,'$1-$2$3$4$5') didn't work to change: 123-456 A file to change version 123.123 201145-63 (2025-36-87-833) into: A file to change version 123.123 201145-63 (-253687833)

[image] ykeyke: It's odd, the solution of DetlevD use both ^ and $, ... I always try to describe a regex mask as complete as possible, that gives more reliability and robustness against outliers in the abundance of the many possible different input data. DD.20121111.1800.CET

[image] ykeyke: However, something like: $regexp(%_filename%,'(\d{3}-\d{3})^(.+()\d{2}(\d{2})-(\d+)-(\d+)-(\d+))$,'$1-$2$3$4$5') didn't work ... Your example is bad regex syntax. This should work ... From: 123-456 A file to change version 123.123 201145-63 (2025-36-87-833) To: A file t…

Thanks DetlevD, The three suggestions works finely, but when I tried: $regexp(%_filename%,'(\d{3}-\d{3})^(.+()\d{2}(\d{2})-(\d+)-(\d+)-(\d+))$,'$1-$2$3$4$5') it was using the fact that ^ defines the start of a string so with this I was hoping to change: 123-456 A file to change version 123.123 2…

[image] ykeyke: However, something like: $regexp(%_filename%,'(\d{3}-\d{3})^(.+()\d{2}(\d{2})-(\d+)-(\d+)-(\d+))$,'$1-$2$3$4$5') didn't work to change: 123-456 A file to change version 123.123 201145-63 (2025-36-87-833) into: A file to change version 123.123 201145-63 (-253687833) You mi…

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