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A little function that I wrote, I think this might be usefull for others.

code:

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function PersonalizedStatus() {
   var myRegExp = /^(.*)(\xA0\{(.+)\})$/ig;
   return myRegExp.exec(Messenger.MyName);
}

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This function will return null when there is no personalized status, else it will return an array with the following elements:

0 --> The whole display name including the personalized status
1 --> The display name without the personalized status
2 --> The personalized status part, including the { } and the special character before it
3 --> The personalized status without the { } around it, so just the text

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Originally posted by J-Thread
/^(.*)(\xA0\{(.+)\})$/ig

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Man, I really need to learn Regex! That makes no sense to me at all.

Edit: Actually, it does make sense to me. I think I may end up using that myself, but maybe with less parenthises like /^.*\xA0\{.+\}$/ig, which should also work.

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Originally posted by RaceProUK

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Originally posted by J-Thread
/^(.*)(\xA0\{(.+)\})$/ig

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Man, I really need to learn Regex! That makes no sense to me at all.

Edit: Actually, it does make sense to me. I think I may end up using that myself, but maybe with less parenthises like /^.*\xA0\{.+\}$/ig, which should also work.

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The brackets are needed, they group the stuff that's to be returned in the array (see first post).

Ah, I see.

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Originally posted by J-Thread
/^(.*)(\xA0\{(.+)\})$/ig

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omfg. I can't believe I didn't add "\xA0". I knew something was missing.

Thanks a lot, J-Thread. This is very useful.

Haven't tested it, but there may be more than one { } pair, does it always take the last one?

Yes, if you know some regular expressions, you can easily see that. The ^ stands for the beginning of the name, and the $ for the end. So to be able to find a match, there have to be a certain number (0 or more) characters (any characters you like) at the beginning of the string, then ASCII character 160 (\xA0), then a {, then 1 or more characters, then a } and that must be the end of the string. Exactly what you would do when you had to describe the process of finding the personal message in english.

Sorry, I actually don't know Regex... Where do I have to attach this script? Thanks a lot for your help!

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Originally posted by J-Thread
Yes, if you know some regular expressions, you can easily see that. The ^ stands for the beginning of the name, and the $ for the end. So to be able to find a match, there have to be a certain number (0 or more) characters (any characters you like) at the beginning of the string, then ASCII character 160 (\xA0), then a {, then 1 or more characters, then a } and that must be the end of the string. Exactly what you would do when you had to describe the process of finding the personal message in english.

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That's still not a complete explanation: the * operator is greedy, and will match as many characters as possible. This way, no matter how many '\xA0{'s there are, .* will skip all but the last.

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Originally posted by RaceProUK

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Originally posted by J-Thread
Yes, if you know some regular expressions, you can easily see that. The ^ stands for the beginning of the name, and the $ for the end. So to be able to find a match, there have to be a certain number (0 or more) characters (any characters you like) at the beginning of the string, then ASCII character 160 (\xA0), then a {, then 1 or more characters, then a } and that must be the end of the string. Exactly what you would do when you had to describe the process of finding the personal message in english.

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That's still not a complete explanation: the * operator is greedy, and will match as many characters as possible. This way, no matter how many '\xA0{'s there are, .* will skip all but the last.

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How did you go from "Man, I really need to learn Regex! That makes no sense to me at all." to an expert? Were you sarcastic with your original post or are you just a quick learner?