Using Variables in Regular Expressions

mbosner · 2010-07-23 10:19

I just started writing a scraper and was wondering if i can use the $$ variables in a regular expression. I couldn't find any informations in the forums or wikis.

Martin

bambi73 · 2010-07-23 15:20

If you mean something like this

Code:

<RegExp input="$$1" output="\1" dest="5">

  <expression clear="yes" noclean="1">(?i)(&lt;episode id=&quot;$$3&quot;.*?&lt;/episode&gt;)</expression>

</RegExp>

then yes

mbosner · 2010-07-24 04:55

Thanks!

I tried that but thought it did not work. Is it possible to output the regex to the xbmc.log file before it gets executed?

mbosner Junior Member Posts: 38 Joined: Nov 2009 Reputation: 0	2010-07-23 10:19 Post: #1 I just started writing a scraper and was wondering if i can use the $$ variables in a regular expression. I couldn't find any informations in the forums or wikis. Martin
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bambi73 Senior Member Posts: 165 Joined: Jan 2010 Reputation: 0 Location: Czech Republic	2010-07-23 15:20 Post: #2 If you mean something like this Code: `<RegExp input="$$1" output="\1" dest="5"> <expression clear="yes" noclean="1">(?i)(<episode id="$$3".*?</episode>)</expression> </RegExp>` then yes
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mbosner Junior Member Posts: 38 Joined: Nov 2009 Reputation: 0	2010-07-24 04:55 Post: #3 Thanks! I tried that but thought it did not work. Is it possible to output the regex to the xbmc.log file before it gets executed?
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