Simple text extraction ....

[Peter2]

I'm lost in a simple text extraction between RegExMatch and Match-objects, but I'm sure it can be done with 2 lines. Thanks for help in Advance.

I have simple strings, line by line, created with Fileread

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ProductType="Application"    Name="Inspector" AppVersion="1.0.0" Description="Debugging tools"
ProductType="Application"    Name="Jim Butterfield" AppVersion="1.0.0" Description="this is also a description"

I want to get the values of "name" and "description". I use

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RegExMatch(A_LoopField, "iO)Name=.*?", name_var)

searchvalue := Match.Value(0)

where I hoped to get Name="Inspector" and to trim Name= and ". I get a result for name_var, but can not extract the value.
What's wrong?

[kon]

.*? - Match between zero and unlimited times, as few times as possible. In the example below I required it match the closing quote to signify the end of the match. "iO)Name="".*?""".

Also, it should be name_var.Value(0) not Match.Value(0).

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Test =
(
ProductType="Application"    Name="Inspector" AppVersion="1.0.0" Description="Debugging tools"
ProductType="Application"    Name="Jim Butterfield" AppVersion="1.0.0" Description="this is also a description"
)

Loop, Parse, Test, `n, `r
{
    RegExMatch(A_LoopField, "iO)Name="".*?""", name_var)
    MsgBox, % name_var.Value(0)
}

Or with a named capturing group:

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    RegExMatch(A_LoopField, "iO)Name=""(?P<name>.*?)""", name_var)
    MsgBox, % name_var.name

Side note: since you are already parsing it line-by-line, you could accomplish the same thing by using InStr() and SubStr().

[Peter2]

It is (in large part) clear now - as usual after an explanation here in the forum

But I don't understand the searching of quotes:

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search for 'abc'  -->> parameter "abc"
search for 'Name="Inspector"'   -->> parameter "Name=""Inspector"""

It seems that the doubled quotes "" are not an "escaping", and they are not a concatenation of parts like "abc""abc", and they are not literal \Q...\E.
How is it working?

...you could accomplish the same thing by using InStr() and SubStr().

But InStr() gives me only the position, not the length and not the value (and both differs from line to line)

[kon]

In any AHK expression two quotes within a string yields a literal quote. https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/_E ... tm#Remarks

This is what I meant about using Instr / SubStr

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    StartPos := InStr(A_LoopField, "Name=""") + 6 ; Position of name + offset
    EndPos := InStr(A_LoopField, """",, StartPos) ; Position of closing quote
    MsgBox, % SubStr(A_LoopField, StartPos, EndPos - StartPos)

[Peter2]

In any AHK expression two quotes within a string yields a literal quote. https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/_E ... tm#Remarks ...

Thanks. I looked at the help of RegExMatch, where I could find no info about double quotes

...This is what I meant about using Instr / SubStr...

It will take time that I get a comprehensive view over all standard functions ..

Thanks for help.