regular expressions

[efittery]

When I issue a command to my BCB ( a medical diagnostic machine ) I can get back a varied response:

As an example I use the following:

waitfor("GuiInit state=INITIAL rc=0 sentTo
=GUIBOX replyTo=<none> sender=EXEC type=2 value=0&quot even though I am only interested that the string that is waited on has:

1. &quot;GuiInit&quot;
2. &quot;sender=EXEC&quot;
3. &quot;type=2&quot;
4. &quot;value=0&quot;

in the return string.

If I was using unix/perl/tcl etc, I would use the regular expression &quot;GuiInit*sender=EXEC*type=2*value=0&quot; or at least something like it.

Actually, ASPECT is starting to grow on me. Too bad there isn't much of a demand for contracting ( am I wrong about this impression ) people using ASPECT.

 

[knob]

As an FYI, I do the occassional contracted script (averaging about one a month this year I would guess).

aspect@aspectscripting.com

http://www.aspectscripting.com

 

[efittery]

Well maybe that isn't so bad considering the economy is so bad - or should I say that there are so few jobs and so many H-1B programmers working in the USA and so many companies outsourcing their work to India.

Did you know that a genius type PhD software guru in India makes about $16,000 a year and lives very well on that kind of salary.

sorry about that, I am off the topic...

 

[mrnoisy]

I find it best to handle varied responses using when statements rather than a waitfor.

proc main
   integer active = 1
   when target 0 "GuiInit"     call page1
   when target 1 "sender=EXEC" call page1
   when target 2 "type=2"      call page2
   when target 3 "value=0"     call page2
   when target 4 "all done"    call done
   while active
      yield
   endwhile
endproc

proc page1
   transmit "XXX^M"
endproc

proc page2
   transmit "YYY^M"
endproc

proc done
   when clear
   active = 0
endproc

 

[efittery]

Has anybody got a .dll that would support using regular expressions when doing a &quot;waitfor&quot; or a &quot;when target&quot;?