Reg Exp help matching the { and }

[fhlee]

Hi,
Can you please help me with a RegExp to match URLs. For example:

http://www.domain.com/forum/Thread.asp?txtThreadGUID={9E0E17CE-AC40-4D40-A385-516AAFC1DCA7}

currently, I'm using:
\bhttp://[A-Z0-9.\/\=\#\?\_\%\&\-\{\}]+\b
but for some strange reason, it doesn't match the closing } character.

Please help. Thanks!!


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[vbkris]

can you give me the code that you used? the expression that you gave does allow }....

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[fhlee]

Hi vbKris,

Thanks for replying!

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Private Function fnsHTTPParse(byval vsMessageIn)
Dim vsMatches, vsMatch, vsTmp
Dim vrgHTTP, vrgMatches, vrgMatch
Dim vHTTPs

Set vHTTPs = server.CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
Set vrgHTTP = new RegExp
vrgHTTP.Pattern="\bhttp://[A-Z0-9.\/\=\#\?\_\%\&\-\{\}]+\b"
vrgHTTP.IgnoreCase = true
vrgHTTP.Global = true
Set vrgMatches = vrgHTTP.Execute( vsMessageIn )
For Each vrgMatch in vrgMatches
if (Not vHTTPs.Exists(vrgMatch.Value)) Then
call vHTTPs.Add(vrgMatch.Value,vrgMatch.FirstIndex)
vsTmp = "<A HREF=""" & vrgMatch.value & """ TARGET=""_blank"" rel=""nofollow"">" & vrgMatch.value & "</A>"
vsMessageIn = Replace(vsMessageIn,vrgMatch.value,vsTmp)
End If
Next
fnsHTTPParse = vsMessageIn
End Function

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Thanks a million!!

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[fhlee]

Hi,
This is for those who're looking for a solution for URL matching for Regular Expression. I've found the following solution which works for me:

((

http://)|(www.))+

[^\s]+

basically, it will match anything that starts with either a http:// or a www. and ends with a <space>.
Note: The ending space is important. This is important note if your program automatically replaces any CRLF to a <BR>. So, if a txt is like:
this is my link:

http://test.123testxxa.com{CRLF}It

is a great site.
Your {CRLF} will be replaced with a <BR>:
this is my link:

http://test.123testxxa.com<BR>It

is a great site.

***Note that the RegExp will now matches:

http://test.123testxxa.com<BR>It

The simple solution is to replace {CRLF} into "<BR> " (BR with a space after it (no qoutes).

Good luck!


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[fhlee]

Sorry, amendments:
The simple solution is to replace {CRLF} into " <BR>" (BR with a space **BEFORE it (no qoutes)).

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