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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:

code:

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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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Any ideas why its not working properly?

Also, I need to remove leading spaces... I know how to check for them, but not how to remove them.

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 :

code:

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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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I've got a lot of Web sites which explain how RegExp works... but they're only in French...

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.

code:

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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

code:

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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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EDIT: My code was using a loop to change EACH colour individually so putting it in another loop was the only alternative... After trying this I had to close WLM and edit the file in Notepad as it caused a wierd loop error

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

code:

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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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And no lopes at all

I had to search how to get the '$'-sign as the replace text, because $1-$9 are used for backreference... (putting part of the matched text in the replaced text)

If want/need to know how it works, just ask me on WLM sometimes...

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:...

code:

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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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-edit- I just found out, that the 'c' in the tag is case sensitive, only lowercase is allowed and also the numbers go 'til 69 , therefore this would be a better solution

code:

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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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quote:

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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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and gradients, and background colors, ... and tags are only valid if there is a closing tag, ...and numbers can include a leading 0, and hexadecimal numbers are only read for the first 6 characters/ the rest is ignored but can exist! ...

It is not so strait forward to make something like this (but no impossible; you just need to think about all the possebilities there are).