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Eugene Petukhov
Eugene Petukhov
Russische Föderation
Local time: 14:47
Jul 13, 2020

I want to convert some text inside [...] into tags, for ex: [XENO:qst qst=86 ] and failed with regexp in Tagger.
Absolutely any symbols into square brackets.
I tried such regexp \[*\] But it`s wrong. Anybody knows right regexp?
 
Jan Truper
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Deutschland
Local time: 13:47
Mitglied (2016)
Englisch > Deutsch
(\[)(*)(\]) Jul 13, 2020

Try the above.

You can find an explanation here:
https://cybertext.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/word-replace-and-reformat-text-inside-square-brackets-using-wildcards/
 
Eugene Petukhov
Eugene Petukhov
Russische Föderation
Local time: 14:47
THEMENSTARTER
... Jul 13, 2020

Tnx, I used such variant \[(.*?)\]
 
Eugene Gulak
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Ukraine
Local time: 14:47
Mitglied (2007)
Englisch > Russisch
+ ...
Try this Jul 13, 2020

\[.*?\]
 
Thomas T. Frost
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Portugal
Local time: 12:47
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\[[^\]]*\] Jul 13, 2020

\[[^\]]*\] works, but Eugene Gulak's version is simpler and better.

What I don't get is the use of both '?' (zero or one) and '*' (zero or more). '?' would seem redundant after '*', but it doesn't work without it.

It's not very well explained at https://docs.memoq.com/current/en/Places/regex-tagger.html .

Edit: there is indeed a descriptio... See more
\[[^\]]*\] works, but Eugene Gulak's version is simpler and better.

What I don't get is the use of both '?' (zero or one) and '*' (zero or more). '?' would seem redundant after '*', but it doesn't work without it.

It's not very well explained at https://docs.memoq.com/current/en/Places/regex-tagger.html .

Edit: there is indeed a description for '*?': 'zero or as few repeats as possible'.

[Edited at 2020-07-13 15:44 GMT] ▲ Collapse
 
Stepan Konev
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Russische Föderation
Local time: 14:47
Englisch > Russisch
\[.*\] Jul 13, 2020

Thomas T. Frost wrote:
'?' would seem redundant after '*', but it doesn't work without it.

I tried \[.*\] and it worked well for me.
 
Thomas T. Frost
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Portugal
Local time: 12:47
Dänisch > Englisch
+ ...
Only with one tag per segment Jul 13, 2020

Stepan Konev wrote:

Thomas T. Frost wrote:
'?' would seem redundant after '*', but it doesn't work without it.

I tried {what you said above} and it worked well for me.


It only works with one tag per segment.

In a case like this:

[abc] normal text [def]

the whole line is turned into a tag.

[Edited at 2020-07-13 17:54 GMT]
 
Stepan Konev
Stepan Konev  Identity Verified
Russische Föderation
Local time: 14:47
Englisch > Russisch
right Jul 13, 2020

Thomas T. Frost wrote:
It only works with one tag per segment.
In a case like this:
[abc] normal text [def]
the whole line is turned into a tag.

Ah, right you are.
 


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