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IfInString:how to search for multiple needles in 1 haystack?

Started by metalhead , Aug 06 2012 11:34 AM

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#1 metalhead

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Posted 06 August 2012 - 11:34 AM

Hey, I have such a code:

IfInString, savedClip, `;
	Msgbox correct
IfInString, savedClip,`n
	Msgbox correct

Is there a way to group 2 needles together and search haystack once for occurrence of any of them?

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#2 metalhead

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Posted 06 August 2012 - 11:38 AM

Also, is there a way to "Loop, parse" for `n or `;?

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#3 Guests

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Posted 06 August 2012 - 11:45 AM

If (InStr(var,"string) or InStr(var,"otherstring"))
or

Checks whether a variable's contents match one of the items in a list.
Source: http://www.autohotke...mmands/IfIn.htm

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#4 metalhead

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Posted 06 August 2012 - 12:17 PM

thanks!
I had errors with IfInStr about illegal character because I forgot to take the needle into quotation marks.

And what about Loop?
I need loop to parse a string, search either for "`;" or for "`n" (in my case I have items separated either with `; or with `n, so they can't be combined in 1 string).
So I could do so:

IfInString, savedClip, `;
   separator = `;
IfInString, savedClip,`n
   separator = `n

Is it possible to do later something like this?

Loop, Parse, savedClip, %separator%

Edit: just read an article about loop,parse and decided to follow the manual's advice there:

StringReplace, savedClip, savedClip, `n, ¢
StringReplace, savedClip, savedClip, `;, ¢
Loop, Parse, savedClip, ¢

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#5 MasterFocus

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Posted 06 August 2012 - 05:28 PM

Here's something you can do:

Delim := ""
If [color=#0000FF]it has `n in it[/color]
    Delim .= "`n"
If [color=#0000FF]it has ; in it[/color]
    Delim .= ";"

[color=#0000FF]And then use all delimiters stored in Delim as explained here:
http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/LoopParse.htm[/color]