Description
Use RegExpr.SpaceChars to specify which characters will be treated as \s.
The default value is space (\s), tab (\t), newline (\n), line feed (\r) and form feed (\f) -- or -- <space>#$9#$A#$D#$C. The same as [ \t\n\r\f].
Declaration
RegExprObj.SpaceChars
| Read-Write Property | String |
| RegExprObj | An expression, variable or parameter that specifies a reference to a RegExpr object | |||
Applies To
The property is applied to the following object:
Property Value
A string that contains characters treated as "whitespace characters".
Example
The following code specifies a character to be treated as a "whitespace character" and finds matching text segments.
DelphiScript
procedure SpaceCharsSample;
var
MyRegExpr : OleVariant;
Input, Expr, ResStr : string;
begin
MyRegExpr := HISUtils.RegExpr;
Input : = '[email protected]@file@stores@the@project@suite@settings.';
// Specifies that the @ character will be treated as the \s character
MyRegExpr.SpaceChars := '@';
Expr := '[\w]+\s+[\w]+';
MyRegExpr.Expression : = Expr;
if MyRegExpr.Exec(Input) then begin
repeat
begin
// Posts the pairs of words separated by the \s character to the log
ResStr := MyRegExpr.Match[0];
Log.Message(ResStr);
end;
until not MyRegExpr.ExecNext;
end;
end;
var
MyRegExpr : OleVariant;
Input, Expr, ResStr : string;
begin
MyRegExpr := HISUtils.RegExpr;
Input : = '[email protected]@file@stores@the@project@suite@settings.';
// Specifies that the @ character will be treated as the \s character
MyRegExpr.SpaceChars := '@';
Expr := '[\w]+\s+[\w]+';
MyRegExpr.Expression : = Expr;
if MyRegExpr.Exec(Input) then begin
repeat
begin
// Posts the pairs of words separated by the \s character to the log
ResStr := MyRegExpr.Match[0];
Log.Message(ResStr);
end;
until not MyRegExpr.ExecNext;
end;
end;
See Also
Regular Expressions Syntax
Using Regular Expressions in Scripts
WordChars Property
LineSeparators Property
LinePairedSeparator Property