De-Rube my code please Reg Expression maybe?

[Ben]

Hi All!

I will avoid text based solutions but after looking at my code, I thought I may get a chance to learn a better way to do this.

Problem:

In LV 8.6 there is an issue where a particular "node' in a VRML file will result in LV crashing if I attempt to open a file that contained that node.

Solution:

Wirte code to check the file and remove the bad "node" beforea attempting to open it.

SO this code works but screams "Could this be done better using Reg Expresions?"

I think the picture tells the rest of the story.

NOTE: The non-visalbe cases just pass the wires through.

SO share your thoughts please.

Ben 

[PhillipBrooks]

I'm not the regex guy, but this topic looks like it should at least be cross-referenced in the "Regular Expresions Board" topic.

http://forums.ni.com/t5/BreakPoint/Regular-Expressions-Board/td-p/1187799

I just tweeted about this topic because of a post on LAVA regarding using regex to process HTML. It seems regex is popular lately...

[jcarmody]

Read this regex like:

• find literal string "color Color {" followed by a line feed
• next line must be the literal string "color [" followed by a line feed
• the next lines can contain anything (followed by a line feed)
• the next to last line must be a literal "]" followed by a line feed
• the last line must be a literal "}" followed by a line feed

[ben64]

The following will also work.

Ben64

[jcarmody · Accepted solution]

Even better than my original.  This one finds the beginning of the selection followed byeverything up to the first "}" (and line feed).

Kudos to ben64 for the hint.

[Ben]

My Rube reduced to 22 characters...

Where is that embarased emoticon?

Ben

[Darin.K]

First, it is great that you are going to use Search and Replace with Regular Expression selected and not some string gymnastics to remove those sections.

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Second, if you are looking to hone your regex skills without having to memorize a bunch of special codes, check out the example I posted for the current contest.

http://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-13698

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