Matthew

I am using the jit.str.regexp object to read an unknown file and I am looking to find an unknown word between two known punctuation points.

I want to search for the word that comes after "I like __." and the closing ."

At the moment, I have this (which I can't get working) Any pointers or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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I've managed to figure it out now, this is what I used to get it working:

That's technically searching for anything that's not a less-than sign, try replacing that with \w to search for regular characters or a period to match any character at all. Click on the tools link under my name to find a regular expression tutorial written in max that covers most of the basics.

Thanks Luke, that really helped! I'm still having one problem though. I'm now using the jit.str.regexp object to get a number out and then send this new value to a message box. Like below:

The problem I'm having is that I don't want the number to be in quotation marks. Is there a way to get round this? For some reason, jit.str.regexp doesn't like me typing quotation marks!

Sorry, is the [fromsymbol] you're referring to here the jit.str.fromsymbol object or is that an argument within the jit.str.regexp obejct itself?

Edit: I have used the jit.str.fromsymbol object in conjunction with the above code and I now have it working, thanks!

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