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Matching strings containing []

2003-12-03T17:43:47-04:00

Evidently.. in my tests the string stuff are a lot faster than an regsub. Do a lil test on yourself.

Statistics: Posted by caesar — Wed Dec 03, 2003 5:43 pm

Matching strings containing []

2003-12-03T17:33:58-04:00

Thanx, that works perfectly

I guess string map is faster the regsub right ?

Statistics: Posted by Sir_Fz — Wed Dec 03, 2003 5:33 pm

Matching strings containing []

2003-12-03T16:32:36-04:00

I've tested string qual using .tcl command in partyline, for example .tcl string equal -nocase [nick1] [Nick1] it returns "Tcl error: invalid command name "nick1"". the pattern here would be the nick from the file (I use foreach to get each nick from the file) and the string would be the nick joining the channel, would string equal be the solution ?

The line you run using .tcl in your eggdrop is evaluated and variable/command/backslash substitution is done. (escaping is needed if you don't want this to happen)
Text recieved from irc/read from a file and put in a variable is not evaluated. (no escaping needed)

'string equal' is just a simple char by char comparison of the strings (optional -nocase), so if you want the match chars * and ? to work you better use 'string match' and escape the special chars you don't want to work using 'regsub' or 'string map'.

Code:

proc yourMatch {mask string} {  string match -nocase [string map {\\ \\\\ \[ \\\[ \] \\\]} $mask] $string}

Statistics: Posted by user — Wed Dec 03, 2003 4:32 pm

Matching strings containing []

2003-12-03T16:18:04-04:00

I've tested string qual using .tcl command in partyline, for example .tcl string equal -nocase [nick1] [Nick1] it returns "Tcl error: invalid command name "nick1"". the pattern here would be the nick from the file (I use foreach to get each nick from the file) and the string would be the nick joining the channel, would string equal be the solution ?

Statistics: Posted by Sir_Fz — Wed Dec 03, 2003 3:59 pm

Matching strings containing []

2003-12-03T15:13:19-04:00

thanks user for pointing that out. you said "Use 'string equal'" in your post there but it does the same thing on nicks containing such characters. I would use ==, but I want to use wildcards such as * and ? in matching.

The brackets doesn't trigger command substitution when used in a mask passed to 'string match' or as one of the strings being compared using 'string equal'. What exactly are you doing? You might also want to check the manual page for string match (to know what chars are special so you know what to escape in your masks)

Statistics: Posted by user — Wed Dec 03, 2003 3:13 pm

Matching strings containing []

2003-12-03T15:02:54-04:00

thanks user for pointing that out. you said "Use 'string equal'" in your post there but it does the same thing on nicks containing such characters. I would use ==, but I want to use wildcards such as * and ? in matching.

Statistics: Posted by Sir_Fz — Wed Dec 03, 2003 3:02 pm

Matching strings containing []

2003-12-03T14:42:41-04:00

somehow this question is a classic quote...some kind of tradition

(again a strong candidate for a sticky tread (not the post, the topic))

Statistics: Posted by GodOfSuicide — Wed Dec 03, 2003 2:42 pm

Matching strings containing []

2003-12-03T14:31:24-04:00

http://forum.egghelp.org/viewtopic.php?t=5974 - read your own post and my reply.

Statistics: Posted by user — Wed Dec 03, 2003 2:31 pm

Matching strings containing []

2003-12-03T13:03:04-04:00

I have a problem in a script that matches nicks joining channels with nicks in a file, if 1 is returned the bot will kick the nick. I'm using string match -nocase $nick-from-file $nick but if the nick contains [ or ] in it, tcl considers it a command. Is there any way to fix this ?

Statistics: Posted by Sir_Fz — Wed Dec 03, 2003 1:03 pm