keep it on the list please.
and you still didn't answer the question :-)
<snip>
> preg_match_all($expression, "$string", $matches);
> ^-- why ? ...
>
> are you wrapping the variable in double quotes?
</snip>
...and also from your code:
$string = (334,-53.44),(111,222);
^-- er what is this 'string' about?
David Pollack wrote:
I added the $string and $expression variables at the last minue for
readabilty, before I just had it all in the preg_match_all. I'm using a
ah but they were not valid code - which can confuse matters.
try to post code that runs if you can (i.e. test if you're providing
a testcase) .. i guess you have to kind of flip that argument inside
out when it comes to enquiring whether something might be a bug -
there is still testing involved tho.
<garanteed-top-quality-sarcasm-free>
have you ever used 'php -r' - it's brilliant - especially when you
fund out how easy it is to cut and paste into a bash[-like] shell
(probably using Putty if/when your on windows). be ware of
single quotes.
</garanteed-top-quality-sarcasm-free>
simple test file for this. I used your example and it returned two
identical arrays with the correct information. Interesting.
maybe my regexp is not only bad but also wrong [for
grepping coordinates in a 'any' variation of '( 123 ,-45.78)' ] ?
$coordRE = "(?:[ ]?[-+]?\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)?[ ]?)";
$coordsRE = "#(\\({$coordRE},{$coordRE}\\))#";
var_dump($coordRE, $coordsRE);
==========================================
moulin@moulin~ -- Tue Sep 27 00:24:20
$> php -r '
$> $coordRE = "(?:[ ]?[-+]?\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)?[ ]?)";
$> $coordsRE = "#(\\({$coordRE},{$coordRE}\\))#";
$>
$> var_dump($coordRE, $coordsRE);
$>
$> '
string(30) "(?:[ ]?[-+]?\d+(?:\.\d+)?[ ]?)"
string(69) "#(\((?:[ ]?[-+]?\d+(?:\.\d+)?[ ]?),(?:[ ]?[-+]?\d+(?:\.\d+)?[ ]?)\))#"
On 9/26/05, *Jochem Maas* <jochem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:jochem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
David Pollack wrote:
> I need to catch all instances of a coordinate in a give string.
So far I
> have this, which only works if the coordinate is in a certain format.
>
>
> $string = (334,-53.44),(111,222);
^-- er what is this 'string' about?
> $expression = '([(][-]?[0-9]*[.0-9]*?,[-]?[0-9]*[.0-9]*?[)])';
here's a horrid little bit of .... for you :)
<you could extract this code and run if you were really really bored>
<?php
$testStr = <<< EOD
> \$string = (334,-53.44),(111,222);
> preg_match_all(\$expression, "\$string", \$matches);
>
> This returns the correct strings (334,- 53.44) and (111,222), but
Id like
> all formats to work. Like (111, 222), ( 111 , 222 ), (111, 222 ),
etc, etc.
> How would I change my regex to accomplish this?
EOD;
$coordRE = "(?:[ ]?[-+]?\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)?[ ]?)";
$coordsRE = "#(\\({$coordRE},{$coordRE}\\))#";
$matches = array();
preg_match_all($coordsRE, $testStr, $matches);
var_dump($testStr, $matches);
?>
</you could extract this code and run if you were really really bored>
> preg_match_all($expression, "$string", $matches);
^-- why ? ...
are you wrapping the variable in double quotes?
>
> This returns the correct strings (334,-53.44) and (111,222), but
I'd like
> all formats to work. Like (111, 222), ( 111 , 222 ), (111, 222 ),
etc, etc.
> How would I change my regex to accomplish this?
>
> --
> David Pollack
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>
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