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collection:Substrings_In [2017/09/07 05:09] peternlewis |
collection:Substrings_In [2018/05/09 22:59] peternlewis Improved description of range |
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| + | ====== For Each Substrings In RegEx Match ====== | ||
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| The //Substrings In collection// contains the matches in the specified source. | The //Substrings In collection// contains the matches in the specified source. | ||
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| You can scan for exact string matches, case insensitive string matches, or regular expression matches. | You can scan for exact string matches, case insensitive string matches, or regular expression matches. | ||
| - | The result, stored in the [[action:For_Each| For Each action ]] variable, can be either the matched string, the position of the match or the range (position,length) of the match. | + | The result, stored in the [[action:For_Each| For Each action ]] variable, can be either: |
| - | So, let's assume you've used a variable theRange to store the range in a For Each action. | + | * the matched string: the For Each variable is set to the value of the matched string. |
| + | * the position of the match: the For Each variable is set to the position of the match (starting at 1). | ||
| + | * the range of the match: the For Each variable is set to the range (position,length) of the match. | ||
| - | It can be referenced by: | + | For the range option, the variable contains the position and length with a comma between them, so you can use the normal variable array indexing to access the two numbers, eg if the For Each variable is theRange, then theRange[1] would be the position, and theRange[2] would be the length of the match. |
| - | theRange[1] | + | Here's a practical example which superscripts all the numbers in the clipboard. |
| - | theRange[2] | + | |
| - | The range is a comma separated list of values: | + | {{ :collection:for_each_apply_style_to_clipboard.png?nolink&510 | Apply Superscript to Numbers in Clipboard }} |
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| - | n1,n2 | + | |
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| - | OR | + | |
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| - | Start-of-Match,Length-of-Match | + | |
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| - | So the the normal Keyboard Maestro substring notation works with it. | + | |
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| - | It's all too easy to get misdirected into thinking the numbers reference match 1, match 2 – but this is not the case. | + | |
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| - | Here's a practical example | + | |
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| - | {{ :collection:for_each_apply_style_to_clipboard.jpg?nolink |}} | + | |
| ===== See Also ===== | ===== See Also ===== | ||
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| * [[action:For_Each|For Each]] | * [[action:For_Each|For Each]] | ||
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collection/Substrings_In.txt · Last modified: 2021/10/14 03:55 by peternlewis
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