Re: Regexp Functions

[Freeman Gilmore]

That looks good
Thank you, ƒg

On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 10:26 AM Phil Holmes <mail@philholmes.net> wrote:
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> I've always found http://www.regular-expressions.info/ very helpful.
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> Phil Holmes
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Freeman Gilmore" <freeman.gilmore@gmail.com>
> To: "Jacques Menu" <imj-muzhic@bluewin.ch>
> Cc: "Lilypond-User Mailing List" <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2020 2:55 PM
> Subject: Re: Regexp Functions
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> On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 6:51 AM Jacques Menu <imj-muzhic@bluewin.ch> wrote:
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> > Hello Freeman,
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> > > Le 9 juin 2020 à 09:43, Freeman Gilmore <freeman.gilmore@gmail.com> a
> > > écrit :
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> > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 1:25 AM Michael Gerdau <mgd@qata.de> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hi!
> > >>
> > >> I find your description difficult to understand. Maybe you could
> > >> provide an set of examples showing exactly what you wish to be modified
> > >> into what.
> > > Sorry, that is the problem I have when someone asks about what i am
> > > doing or trying to do.   For me I find it best to just ask what I want
> > > to know.  Arron  as well as some others answer my question when I do
> > > not include these kinds of detail they do add confusion.   Arron on my
> > > initial post did not understand what I was asking eathere.
> > >
> > > So I will try again.    Say you have "Xsdfghjkl"     If "x" is the first
> > > character  then replace the "g" if it exist with "Y"   =>  "XsdYfhjkl"X
> > >
> > >> Apart from that your problem sounds as if it is trivial when using non
> > >> greedy regular expressions.
> > >
> > > I do not know what this means:  non greedy regular expressions?
> >
> > Greedy relates to how many characters are consumed by regular expressions
> > when a match if found.
> >
> > You may need to learn more deeply about these to reach your goal.
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> That definition helps.     I use the Guile manual, the section Regular
> Expressions is miss leading about what is there.    I only went there
> because Arron Hill told me about it     And the introduction states "A
> full description of regular expressions and their syntax is beyond the
> scope of this manual"; and the URL goes nowhere.   And I would guess
> knowing what to read elsewhere that is consistent with the guile
> version Lilypond uses may be a probleblen.   I am open to a good ron
> cryptic reference?
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> Thank you,  ƒg
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> > JM
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