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kdzialo



Joined: 26 Jun 2009
Posts: 20
PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:40 pm    Post subject: Simple? request from a novice Reply with quote
What am I doing wrong besides everything Wink

I am trying extract a single line of text in a window to a clipboard...which always begins with the same phrase and is always followed by the same phrase. This single line of text however always changes.

Please help a noob

What I have tried is what you see below:


[code]
WinGetText, text, nameofwindow
clipboard=%text%
Needle = Wow I just
StringGetPos, pos, clipboard, %Needle%
Needle2 = ;Line5
StringGetPos, pos2, clipboard, %Needle2%
Length:=pos2-pos
Clipboard=%SubStr(clipboard, pos [, Length])%
msgbox, %clipboard%


Line1
Line2
Line3
Wow I just found this text
Line5
Line6
Line7[/code]
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sinkfaze



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 3:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Simple? request from a novice Reply with quote
Perhaps RegEx would be more useful?

Code:
WinGetText, Clipboard, nameofwindow ; you can save directly to Clipboard from the command
MsgBox % RegExReplace(Clipboard,"is).*?(Wow I just[^`n]+).*","$1") ; searches for a pattern starting with 'Wow I just' and matching everything after it that is not a newline (`n)

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kdzialo



Joined: 26 Jun 2009
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks that seemed to do the trick....

now how would I could that "found line" to a Clipboard or save it as a named value (i.e. x:=Wow I just found the line....where)?

This is what I tried....for testing purposes.

I copied this phrase to a clipboard "The estimated time left is zero which is of little note but to only me"

with the below code

Haystack:=CLIPBOARD
FoundPos := RegExMatch(Haystack, UnquotedOutputVar = "", "estimat(.*)note",fnd)
msgbox, %fnd1%

I had expected the result to say in a message box:
estimated time left is zero which is of little note

but I got nothing.
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hutch@edge.net



Joined: 16 Sep 2008
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sounds like you are trying to create a spammer for a chat room. Are you?
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kdzialo



Joined: 26 Jun 2009
Posts: 20
PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nopers....

that would definitely be beyond my abilities.

To clarify what I am trying to accomplish...there are several applications I use at work which I've been using AutoHotKey to make my life easier. A few of these applications do not allow direct text copy/paste abilities, but I have noticed that this text is available using Autoit3 Windows Spy. What I am trying to do is find out a way to capture single lines of text from

>>>>>>>>>>>( Visible Window Text )<<<<<<<<<<<
and
>>>>( TitleMatchMode=slow Hidden Text )<<<<

fields in AWS. The text I'd like to capture is quite often in the same "place" or often follow specific phrases.

Basically I'm trying to make my work life that much easier and learn some AHK at the same time.
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sinkfaze



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It looks like you might have some things confused about how RegExMatch/RegExReplace works:

Code:
Haystack:=CLIPBOARD


You don't have to pass the Clipboard to a variable named Haystack, Haystack is just a reference for what the variable that goes there represents.

Code:
RegExMatch(Haystack, UnquotedOutputVar = "", "estimat(.*)note",fnd)


RegExMatch wrote:
RegExMatch(Haystack, NeedleRegEx [, UnquotedOutputVar = "", StartingPosition = 1])


You have the fields for UnquotedOutputVar and NeedleRegEx switched in the function and you had already specified fnd as your UnquotedOutputVar:

Code:
RegExMatch(Haystack, "estimat(.*)note",fnd)


Also, when you enclose something in parenthesis in NeedleRegEx that will be a captured subpattern (unless otherwise marked). Based on what you have captured in parenthesis your result will be this:

RegEx result wrote:
ed time left is zero which is of little


The easiest way to capture the whole statement is to remove the parenthesis and fnd will contain your matching pattern:

Code:
RegExMatch(Haystack, "estimat.*note",fnd)
MsgBox % fnd


So let's put it all together:

Code:
Clipboard = The estimated time left is zero which is of little note but to only me

RegExMatch(Clipboard,"estimat.*note",fnd)

MsgBox % fnd

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kdzialo



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 10:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Exactly what I needed

Thank you Very Happy
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