Regular Expression Help

[JoeMcGarvey]

RegExp experts - can someone help me translate this into a regExp? I want to look for all occurrences of

class="could_be_anything"

and create a regExp string that I can then use in a replace function:

theRepString = ????; //the regExp
strOUT = strOUT.replace(theRepString, "" //need to modify this to look for all occurrence in strOUT.

Thanks!!


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[jemminger]

try this:

 /^class="[^"]*"$/

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while (!succeed) try();
-jeff

 

[JoeMcGarvey]

No luck... doesn't seem to match the pattern. Any thoughts?

I just can't seem to grasp regExp's. I think I'll start a support group... Regular Expressions Anonymous. "Hi, my name is Joe and Regular Expressions ruined my marriage..."
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[jemminger]

try again:

var s = 'class="could_be_anything"';
alert(/^class="[^"]*"$/.test(s))

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while (!succeed) try();
-jeff

 

[onpnt]

my version that I literally pulled out of you know where.
<script language=&quot;javascript&quot;>
function checkReg(str) {
var pattern = /((class=\&quot+(\w*)+(\&quot)/gi;
var strOUT = str.replace(pattern, &quot;pattern worked&quot;
alert(strOUT);
}
</script>

<form>
<textarea onBlur=&quot;checkReg(this.value);&quot;></textarea>
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[onpnt]

hey jemminger. I think it the reason it's not working for the certain application it's being used for is it's only finding one instance of class=&quot;blah&quot; with the ^ (begin) and $ (end)

take those out and add the global ignore case and it would parse a entire page to replace all class=&quot;blah&quot;
/class=&quot;[^&quot;]*&quot;/gi;

I like your pattern by the way. very nice! _________________________________________________________
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[JoeMcGarvey]

You guys are great! Thanks! I am beginning to understand... and my app is now working!
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[jemminger]

onpnt,

thanks for the correction...i should pay closer attention:
that I can then use in a replace function =========================================================
while (!succeed) try();
-jeff

 

[xutopia]

isn't there a way to do this without regular expressions? If all you are doing is trying to find elements who have a className then you could just run through all elements with a function that checks the class attribute. I'm just providing you with another angle for your problem, not saying there is anything wrong with your way of doing things. Gary

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Haran

 

[JoeMcGarvey]

Not that I know of (without much more code than is necessary).

The power of regExp has sold me... that's why I am so eager to understand them better.

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