Editing the content of the clipboard with a regular expression (RegExReplace & Clipboard) Topic is solved

[SyntaxTerror]

Hello

I am trying to make a script to edit the content of the clipboard with a regular expression.

In short, I want to copy "a:1,2,3;b:4,5,6;c:7,8,9;d:1,2,3;e:4,5,6;f:7,8,9" and get "b:4,5,6;d:1,2,3;e:4,5,6" when I paste.

I tried using RegExReplace and the Clipboard variable, but I cannot get my script to work (I guess it is due to syntax problems, like the use of quotation marks, or maybe the incorrect use of variables).
I would like to make something like this:

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Clipboard :=  RegExReplace(Clipboard,"a.*(b.*);c.*(;d.*);f.*","$1$2")
return

(the problem does not seem to come from the regex i use, I tested it on https://regex101.com/)

Thank you for you help.

[boiler]

It works for me. You already have "a:1,2,3;b:4,5,6;c:7,8,9;d:1,2,3;e:4,5,6;f:7,8,9" copied to the clipboard when you run the script, right? And when you paste after running the script, what does it show? For me, it pastes "b:4,5,6;d:1,2,3;e:4,5,6".

[SyntaxTerror]

Hello boiler and thank you for you quick answer.

It works for me. You already have "a:1,2,3;b:4,5,6;c:7,8,9;d:1,2,3;e:4,5,6;f:7,8,9" copied to the clipboard when you run the script, right? And when you paste after running the script, what does it show? For me, it pastes "b:4,5,6;d:1,2,3;e:4,5,6".

Yes... In fact I was thinking that I had to lauch the script BEFORE copying, but it actually works if I launch it AFTER copying it!

Is there is a way to make this script work everytime I copy a string that matches the regex?
i.e. I want the script to be lauched when Windows starts and everytime I copy something looking like "a:1,2,3;b:4,5,6;c:7,8,9;d:1,2,3;e:4,5,6;f:7,8,9", it is changed to "b:4,5,6;d:1,2,3;e:4,5,6" when I paste it.

[A_AhkUser]

Hi SyntaxTerror,

Is there is a way to make this script work everytime I copy a string that matches the regex?

You can register a function to run whenever the clipboard's content changes ( OnClipboardChange).

[boiler]

If you launch it before copying, it just acts on whatever is in the clipboard at that time and ends.

This would work if you wanted to launch it before copying because it clears the clipboard and waits for it to contain text:

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Clipboard := ""
ClipWait
Clipboard :=  RegExReplace(Clipboard,"a.*(b.*);c.*(;d.*);f.*","$1$2")
return

I'll write something that should act the way you want.

[boiler]

Try this:

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#Persistent
OnClipboardChange("CheckClip")
return

CheckClip()
{
	result :=  RegExReplace(Clipboard,"a.*(b.*);c.*(;d.*);f.*","$1$2")
	if result
		Clipboard := result
}

[SyntaxTerror]

Thanf you boiler & A_AhkUser.