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Problem with string match.

2004-07-25T13:18:13-04:00

Yeah, thanks I am familiar with the last paragraph.
I myself, use { } braces when using regexp or regsub.

Statistics: Posted by awyeah — Sun Jul 25, 2004 1:18 pm

Problem with string match.

2004-07-24T17:52:15-04:00

Because special charactors such as [ and ] have different meanings in refular expression. Also i tend to put any regular expression inside {} brackets to avoid any clashes with tcl interpretations of anything.

[]'s in general tcl code are treated as a command. a \ before a special charactor (such as those []'s) is an 'escape'. Basically tells the tcl engine to treat the proceeding charactor as plain text and not interpret it as a special charactor like it normally would.

Statistics: Posted by DayCuts — Sat Jul 24, 2004 5:52 pm

Problem with string match.

2004-07-24T14:40:12-04:00

Ah thanks alot gb.
I am not sure why it didnt work without the \'s.

Because with regexp, regsub you can use [0-9] or [A-Z] directly.
My mistake I guess.

Statistics: Posted by awyeah — Sat Jul 24, 2004 2:40 pm

Problem with string match.

2004-07-24T10:37:06-04:00

Just escape the brackets and it should work

Code:

string match *\[0-9\]* $banlistremove

Statistics: Posted by greenbear — Sat Jul 24, 2004 10:37 am

Problem with string match.

2004-07-24T03:39:22-04:00

Hi,

I have this small piece of code, I am trying to detect if a variable $banlistremove has any number, from like the 0 to 9 range, 0, 1, 2, 3......, 9, 0 in it, or not.

Code:

  if {(([string match *[0-9]* $banlistremove]) || ([string match *[0-9][0-9]* $banlistremove])) && (![string equal -nocase $banlistremove "all"])} { banlist:clean:specific $chan }

But it, gives me an error.

Code:

[03:35] Tcl error [banlist:type]: invalid command name "0-9"

I have also tried "*[0-9]*", with quotations, but doesn't work.
What could be the reason?

Statistics: Posted by awyeah — Sat Jul 24, 2004 3:39 am