I'm trying to convert a string containing BBcode colours into the old 3.xx style. It seems to work partially (It converts the first few, but not others). This is the code I'm using at the moment:

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    for(var a=0;a<=54;a++){
    var before = "[c="+a+"]";
    var after = "·$"+a+" ";
    strMyNewPSM = strMyNewPSM.replace(before,after);
    }
    Debug.Trace(strMyNewPSM);   
    strMyNewPSM = strMyNewPSM.replace('[/c]','·$1');
    Messenger.MyPersonalMessage = strMyNewPSM;

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JScript's replace function only replaces the first occurence in a string.  You can use regex (regular expressions) to get them all, but I'm only good with simple regex, so you can wait for a regex master to help.

I'm just doing some research on that now... I've seen it used in other scripts and it baffles me

I'll let you know if I manage it

Hi !

I don't know if it's the best way to do what you want, but maybe you can try this :

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var MyPSM = "[c=1]Color1[/c][c=2]Color2[/c]";
for(var a=0;a<=54;a++){
     RgEx = new RegExp("[[]+c="+a+"+[]]","gi");
     MyPSM = MyPSM.replace(RgEx,"·$"+a);
}
RgEx = new RegExp("[[]+/c+[]]","gi");
MyPSM = MyPSM.replace(RgEx,"·$");
MsgPlus.DisplayToast("",MyPSM);

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Replacing can also be done with a simple loop.

Here's a function I made that replaces the default String.replace function. I haven't tested it thoroughly, but I'm sure the bugs are nothing complicated

To use it, use the normal String.replace function. However, there is an extra parameter. "Count" is an integer, it'll specify how many occurrences to replace in the string. If you leave it out, it will replace all of them.

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String.prototype.replace = function(term,replacement,count){
    var string = this;
    if(count == null){
        while(string.indexOf(term) > -1){
            string = string.slice(0,string.indexOf(term)) + replacement + string.slice(string.indexOf(term)+term.length,string.length);
        }
    } else if(typeof count == 'number'){
        for(var i = 0; i < count; i++){
            string = string.slice(0,string.indexOf(term)) + replacement + string.slice(string.indexOf(term)+term.length,string.length);
        }
    }
    return string;
}

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Thanks, been talking with SilentDragon on WLM and we seem to have sorted it out

I'll post the code for others that are looking for the same thing so it does not get asked again

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for(a=0;a<=54;a++){

    strMyNewPSM = strMyNewPSM.replace(new RegExp("\\[c="+a+"\\]",'gi'),"·$"+a+" ");
    strMyNewPSM = strMyNewPSM.replace(/\[\/c\]/g,'·$1');
   
    }
    strMyNewPSM = strMyNewPSM.replace(/ [\s]/g,"");

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I believe this should work, it worked for me...

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strMyNewPSM = strMyNewPSM.replace(/\[c=([1-4]?\d|5[0-4])\]/gi, "·\$$$1")
strMyNewPSM = strMyNewPSM.replace(/\[\/c\]/gi, "·\$");
strMyNewPSM = strMyNewPSM.replace(/^\s+/g, "");

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In fact, there never was need to use a loop for it. By placing the moderator "g" (global) after the end slash of a regular expression, it'll look for all matches and replace all matches.

Also, don't forget people can use hexadecimal codes like [c=#ff00ff]...[/c]!!!

Yeah, correct, for support for the hex codes:...

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strMyNewPSM = strMyNewPSM.replace(/\[c=([1-4]?\d|5[0-4]|#[0-9A-F]{6})\]/gi, "·\$$$1")
strMyNewPSM = strMyNewPSM.replace(/\[\/c\]/gi, "·\$");
strMyNewPSM = strMyNewPSM.replace(/^\s+/g, "");

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strMyNewPSM = strMyNewPSM.replace(/\[c=([1-6]?\d|#[0-9A-Fa-f]{6})\]/g, "·\$$$1")
strMyNewPSM = strMyNewPSM.replace(/\[\/c\]/g, "·\$");
strMyNewPSM = strMyNewPSM.replace(/^\s+/g, "");

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Originally posted by Mattike
Also, don't forget people can use hexadecimal codes like [c=#ff00ff]...[/c]!!!

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I never saw any of those features in the old IRC codes of Msg+ but please correct me if I'm wrong...

If you want, you can erase them with this code

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strMyNewPSM = strMyNewPSM.replace(/\[c=([1-6]?\d|#[0-9A-Fa-f]{6})\](.*?)\[\/c(?:=(?:[1-6]?\d|#[0-9A-Fa-f]{6}))\]/g, "·\$$$1$2·\$")
strMyNewPSM = strMyNewPSM.replace(/\[a=(?:[1-6]?\d|#[0-9A-Fa-f]{6})\](.*?)\[\/a(?:=(?:[1-6]?\d|#[0-9A-Fa-f]{6}))\]/g, "$1")
strMyNewPSM = strMyNewPSM.replace(/^\s+/g, "");

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Originally posted by Shondoit
I never saw any of those features in the old IRC codes of Msg+ but please correct me if I'm wrong...

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So? They are replaced now... to replace it for gradients, would mean alot of ·$n codes, wich will boost your text length with umm, at least 300%
Unpractical

If he wants it, I could have a look at it

(btw, I saw the text you now edited out, please tell what didn't work, for learning purpose)

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Originally posted by Shondoit
So? They are replaced now... to replace it for gradients, would mean alot of ·$n codes, wich will boost your text length with umm, at least 300%
Unpractical

If he wants it, I could have a look at it

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Originally posted by Shondoit
(btw, I saw the text you now edited out, please tell what didn't work, for learning purpose)

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Yeah, I just needed [c=?] replaced with ·$? and I changed all the [/c] tags to ·$1. It is very unlikely people would want to use gradients in this script, however the hex values are something I may have to factor in. The only problem I have had with this is that if the string (for example) is: "[c=2]5 Days til...[/c]" it gets replaced by "·$25 Days til...·$1" giving the wrong colour and also removing part of the string... I added a space after the replacement value and this fixes the problem, but adds spaces that make the PSM look slightly wierd.  I'm adding an option to turn this function on and off so that there is always an alternative method.

Also, someone said there were a particular amount of colours (I think they said 62), I counted 54... The only reason I used a loop before was because I wasn't using RegExp so i was looping through replacing "[c="+i+"]" with "·$"+i

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Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff
Also, someone said there were a particular amount of colours (I think they said 62), I counted 54

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Using the Format Codes button in the Display Name changer section of MSN gives a total of 56 colours to use ranging from 0 to 55 and then it uses hex codes to fill in the gaps from what I can tell...

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Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff
It is very unlikely people would want to use gradients in this script

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Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff
I'm adding an option to turn this function on and off so that there is always an alternative method.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
If the script doesn't support all kind of color tags, I frankly don't see why I should use this script tbh.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
The request was to replace bbcode color codes, so they don't exist anymore in the string. This means if a gradient is done, that code should be replaced too (with whatever) and not be left in because "irc codes don't support gradients".

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
PS: as said, if hexadecimal color codes are used, Plus! will interpret the first 6 characters, but anything after that is ignored (as long as the string doesn't exceep 53 characters). So add ".{0,53}" after each "[0-9A-Fa-f]{6}" (but they shouldn't be captured of course).

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
1) "[1-6]?\d" should actually be "[0-9]{1,2}". Numbers from 0 to 99 are allowed.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
2) the irc codes should contain 2 digits, not 1. 1 digit is possible to use, but may conflict with the actual string you try to color if it begins with a number. Same for backgrounds.

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Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff
Yeah, I just needed [c=?] replaced with ·$? and I changed all the [/c] tags to ·$1.

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Originally posted by Shondoit
Actually, you need to replace [/c] with ·$, because ·$1 will give you black, not the standard color (But that'll give problems with a number after it)

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I have purple as standard font color

I would really like to know how you'd do that (make it use double digits) if you're still gonna use RegExp's

Use a seperate function to check for ·$ and then find the number, if it's less than 10 add a 0 in front of it... not gonna be easy I don't think but it should work (I think )

I think it shouldn't work...

How would you tell the difference between ·$1 and the text 5 dollar after it and ·$25 with the text dollar after it?

You have the same problem as you had before

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Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff

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Originally posted by Eljay

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Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff
Also, someone said there were a particular amount of colours (I think they said 62), I counted 54

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there are 67 colours.

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Using the Format Codes button in the Display Name changer section of MSN gives a total of 56 colours to use ranging from 0 to 55 and then it uses hex codes to fill in the gaps from what I can tell...

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Originally posted by Shondoit

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
The request was to replace bbcode color codes, so they don't exist anymore in the string. This means if a gradient is done, that code should be replaced too (with whatever) and not be left in because "irc codes don't support gradients".

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I removed them already, didn't I?

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Originally posted by Shondoit

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
2) the irc codes should contain 2 digits, not 1. 1 digit is possible to use, but may conflict with the actual string you try to color if it begins with a number. Same for backgrounds.

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True, and I have no idea how to do this ... unfortunately you can't check during the 'replace' call... But it should be possible, just have to take a closer look into it...

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Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff

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Originally posted by Shondoit

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Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff
Yeah, I just needed [c=?] replaced with ·$? and I changed all the [/c] tags to ·$1.

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Actually, you need to replace [/c] with ·$, because ·$1 will give you black, not the standard color (But that'll give problems with a number after it)

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I thought black was the default colour...

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Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff
Use a seperate function to check for ·$ and then find the number, if it's less than 10 add a 0 in front of it... not gonna be easy I don't think but it should work (I think )

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var strMyNewPSM = "Hello[c=#123456blah]test[/c=3] [c=4]5555[/c] [c=4]red[/c]";

strMyNewPSM = strMyNewPSM.replace(
        /\[c=(\d{1,2}|#[0-9A-F]{6}(?=.{0,53}))\](.*?)\[\/c(?:=(\d{1,2}|#[0-9A-F]{6}(?=.{0,53})))?\]/gi,
        function (m0, m1, m2, m3, m4, m5) {
          // m0 = the complete substring that matched
          // m1 = capture 1: color value in the opening tag ([c=?])
          // m2 = capture 2: text between the color tags
          // m3 = capture 3: color value in the closing tag ([/c=?])
          // m4 = the offset where the match (m0) occured
          // m5 = entire string object

          var regConflict = /^,?(\d|#[0-9A-F]{6})/i;

          // add leading 0 if color value is only 1 digit and the text
          // between the color tags could conflict with the set color
          if (m1.length === 1 && regConflict.test(m2)) m1 = "0" + m1;
         
          var replacetext = "·$" + m1 + m2 + "·$"
 
          // check if the text that comes after the matching substring (m0)
          // wont conflict with the color reset code. if so, add a space
          // after the replacetext to avoid forcing a color value 
          if (regConflict.test(m5.substr(m0.length + m4))) replacetext += " ";

          // return the text to replace with
          return replacetext;
        }
      )

Debug.Trace(strMyNewPSM);

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