matching a complex regexp

[Jennifer Shepard]

Hi guys,

So I am trying to match the following string in an RTF document:

{*bkmkend InsertPictureHere}

Then I want to build a long replace statement as follows, based on facility:

                    # Build find/replace strings to insert logo path

                     set find “{\*\bkmkend InsertPictureHere}”

                     echo FIND: $find

                     

                     set replace “{\field {\*\fldinst {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs16 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs16 INCLUDEPICTURE “

                    #set replace2 according to facility

                      if {$sendFac == “A”} {

                      set replace2 “”G:\SHARED\DRBitmaps\SARMC.tif””

                      }

                      if [regexp — {84|269|211|5399} $recvFac] {

                      set replace2 “”G:\SHARED\DRBitmaps\IMI.tif””

                      }

                      if {$sendFac == “TMC”} {

                      set replace2 “”G:\SHARED\DRBitmaps\TAMjoi01.tif””

                      }

                      set replace3 ” \\* MERGEFORMAT \\d }} {\fldrslt {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs16 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs16 }}} {\*\bkmkend InsertPictureHere}”

                      append replace $replace2 $replace3

                      echo REPLACE: $replace

                     #regsub -all — $find $report $replace report

                     regsub -all — $find $report $replace report

I am not able to match {*bkmkend InsertPictureHere} in my report. I tried {*bkmkendsInsertPictureHere}, also.

Also, once I figure out my match problem, will a regsub work ok when I’m using so many variables?

Any ideas what could be happening?

Thanks in advnace

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[Chris Williams]

Try changing

 set find “{\*\bkmkend InsertPictureHere}”

to

 set find {{\*\bkmkend InsertPictureHere}}

Use braces around your value rather than quotes.

Don’t forget to escape the asterisk.

Cheers from a former Boisean.

[Mike Grieger]

I’ll throw in an attempt as well – this is what I entered in the testing tool which worked:

set find “{\\\*\\bkmkend InsertPictureHere}”

…

regsub -all $find $report $replace report2

Test input:

{dummy data}{START!!}{*bkmkend InsertPictureHere}{STOP!!}{more dummy data }{dummy data}{START!!}{*bkmkend InsertPictureHere}{STOP!!}{dummy data }{\fs24 SEEN:}{\fs24 }{\fs24 }

Test output:

{dummy data}{START!!}{field {*fldinst {rtlchfcs1 af0afs16 ltrchfcs0 fs16 INCLUDEPICTURE “G:SHAREDDRBitmapsSARMC.tif” * MERGEFORMAT d }} {fldrslt {rtlchfcs1 af0afs16 ltrchfcs0 fs16 }}} {*bkmkend InsertPictureHere}{STOP!!}{more dummy data }{dummy data}{START!!}{field {*fldinst {rtlchfcs1 af0afs16 ltrchfcs0 fs16 INCLUDEPICTURE “G:SHAREDDRBitmapsSARMC.tif” * MERGEFORMAT d }} {fldrslt {rtlchfcs1 af0afs16 ltrchfcs0 fs16 }}} {*bkmkend InsertPictureHere}{STOP!!}{dummy data }{\fs24 SEEN:}{\fs24 }{\fs24 }

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