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chaley · 09-30-2021, 11:27 AM

One way to do it is with a loop. Something like

Code:

program:
	for i in '0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9':
		v = list_item($comments, i, '\n');
		if substr(v, 0, 19) == 'Illustration de ' then
# compute the result
			result = 'whatever';
			break
		fi
	rof

Another way is to use re() to strip out the information of interest. Something like this:

Code:

	re($comments, '(?ms)(?:^|.*\n)<p>bar(.*?)(\n|$)', '\1')

The re() function doesn't set the option to let .* match newlines which is why the flags (?ms) were added to the beginning.

The first method will be much slower but gives you more control over what happens if there isn't a match. The speed doesn't matter if you are doing the operation in search/replace or in the Action Chains plugin.

09-30-2021, 11:27 AM	#2
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,447 Karma: 8012886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	One way to do it is with a loop. Something like Code: program: for i in '0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9': v = list_item($comments, i, '\n'); if substr(v, 0, 19) == 'Illustration de ' then # compute the result result = 'whatever'; break fi rof Another way is to use re() to strip out the information of interest. Something like this: Code: re($comments, '(?ms)(?:^\|.\n)<p>bar(.?)(\n\|$)', '\1') The re() function doesn't set the option to let .* match newlines which is why the flags (?ms) were added to the beginning. The first method will be much slower but gives you more control over what happens if there isn't a match. The speed doesn't matter if you are doing the operation in search/replace or in the Action Chains plugin.