Re: experimenting with REGEX

This is a great resource for testing out regex patterns with real time
feedback. I use it every time I mess with regex because I just can't
remember all the rules for the life of me.

http://gskinner.com/RegExr/

Robert Newton
Estes IT
System Architect
804-353-1900 x2256
rnewton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



From:
"Smith, Mike" <Mike_Smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
"'rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx'" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
01/20/2012 01:57 PM
Subject:
experimenting with REGEX
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I am attempting to use a regex from rpg.
Ideally I want to create a regex to look for patterns of numbers, such as
9 consecutive numbers, or 999-99-9999, or 999 or 99999_9999 or 9999_99999
The separator can be anything.

To start testing I tried this (this was an example regex I found to look
for a phone number). I have plenty of phone numbers in the file.

scpattern = ' \b\d\d\d-\d\d\d\d' ;

rc = regcomp(reg:
%trimr(scPattern):
REG_BASIC+REG_ICASE+REG_NOSUB) ;

Read record

rc = regexec(reg:
SCCOM:5:match:0)


if rc <> 0
callp regerror(rc: reg:
%addr(buf): %size(buf))
scMsg = %str(%addr(buf))
else
except det
endif

then loop and read next record

All I ever get for RC is 1 on my regexec
RC is 0 when on regcomp.


Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Any idea how to make a regex for my scenario.?
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