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[scouchman]

I'm writing a password Reset program using the excellent Using VBscript in ahk without a temporary file info and some Active Directory VB scripts.

To save time on errors (since the VB script still takes time to call to the server), I'm programming the password parameters in AHK before it goes to the VB script and fails on the server. So, for one of the parameters I need to have it detect "special characters", and running into a problem with two characters: the comma and the accent (,`).

In the following code test:
I've tried them "straight": ,,,`,
I've tried them with the literal: ,`,,``,
And tried them in their own variables (shown here)

Is there any way for it to recognize these?
(for checking the accent, I use Pass = password`1)

[wOxxOm]

I would use char-by-char checking in a loop using instr check

[PhiLho]

The "accent" (backtick) problem is trivial:
Pass = password``1 ; Must be doubled to put it in the string
; or use the following for test:
InputBox Pass
If Pass contains ?,``,!
It works well.

Now, I couldn't test the comma, despite what is described in the help "Two consecutive commas results in a single literal comma."
Obviously, it is was designed for a comma along some other characters, no for a single comma.
Pass = password,1
If Pass contains ?,d,,1,!
works well too.
But If Pass contains ?,,,,! doesn't work, neither ?,,,! nor ?,,! nor ?,`,,! (why not?) nor ?,!,, nor ?,!,,, nor ?,%comma%,! nor ?,!,%comma% nor %comma%,?,!
PS.: No need for `\, backslash has no signification in AHK (beside being a path separator).
Aha! Found it:
comma = ,,
If Pass contains %comma%,~,!,@,#,$,`%,^,&,*,(,),-,_,=,+, ,;,:,',",<,.,>,/,?, ,|,\,``
%comma% must be at the start of the MatchList! It won't work in the middle or at the end...
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vPhiLho := RegExReplace("Philippe Lhoste", "^(\w{3})\w*\s+\b(\w{3})\w*$", "$1$2")

[wOxxOm]

I would use this code in any programming language, it's very universal with no restrictions put to literal chars. Very visual without those awful numerous commas which cause me go coma The only trick is to repeat doublequote twice (because it's an expression passed to inStr)

[PhiLho]

1) An explicit loop is slow, even more with repeated InStr
2) I would use Loop Parse instead of a numerical loop with a StringMid (slow too)
3) You still need to double the backtick in the string
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vPhiLho := RegExReplace("Philippe Lhoste", "^(\w{3})\w*\s+\b(\w{3})\w*$", "$1$2")

[scouchman]

Thanks all. Here's the code I ended up with. I swear when I started messing with it I needed the `\, not just \ and `` wasn't working. Wondering if making the comma the FIRST entry (and why the double comma for that?) "fixed" everything else. Not sure, is this a bug then?

[wOxxOm]