REGEXP, Can not compile regular expression

[Loginbug]

I have used the http://gskinner.com/RegExr/ to make this WORKING regular expression:
(?<=")http://mysite.com/.*?(?=")
It means Search for " input and exclude it, then search for http://mysite.com/, then search for any chars, ending with " iput, excluding it.This string match links that refer to mysite.com

But iMacros says error while compiling
SEARCH SOURCE=REGEXP:"(?<=")http://mysite.com/.*?(?=")" IGNORE_CASE=YES EXTRACT=$1
Why?

[Tom, Tech Support]

Hi Loginbug,

Two observations: 1) Since the entire regular expression needs to be enclosed within quotes in the iMacros command, you need to escape the quote characters which are a part of your expression:

SEARCH SOURCE=REGEXP:"(?<=\")http://mysite.com/.*?(?=\")" IGNORE_CASE=YES EXTRACT=$1

2) iMacros for Firefox doesn't seem to be able to recognize the "lookbehind" syntax: ?<=
iMacros for IE and the iMacros Browser can both handle this syntax. I will log this an issue for the development team to investigate further.

[Tom, Tech Support]

Update:

Since iMacros for Firefox uses Javascript regexp engine and the engine does not support lookbehind, only lookforward is possible.

Therefore, the following macro will work in the iMacros commercial editions and iMacros for IE, but not in iMacros for Firefox:

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URL GOTO=http://www.iopus.com/imacros/demo/v6/extract.htm
SEARCH SOURCE=REGEXP:"(?<=Can)(adian)" IGNORE_CASE=YES EXTRACT=$1
PROMPT {{!EXTRACT}}

[oobe]

I can't change to JavaScript (iMacros 7.2.1.0, Win7 x64, Firefox 4, demo: ok)

This is working

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SEARCH SOURCE=REGEXP:\"resourceTickerMetal = {\\W+available: (\\d+)\" EXTRACT=$1

after change.. doesn't:

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var macro;
macro =  "CODE:";
macro +=  "SEARCH SOURCE=REGEXP:\"resourceTickerMetal = {\\W+available: (\\d+)\" EXTRACT=$1" + "\n"; 
iimPlay(macro);
------------------------------ or ------------------------------
iimPlay("CODE: SEARCH SOURCE=REGEXP:\"resourceTickerMetal = {\\W+available: (\\d+)\" EXTRACT=$1");
var extract1 = iimGetLastExtract();
------------------------------ or ------------------------------
iimPlay("CODE: SEARCH SOURCE=REGEXP:\\\"resourceTickerMetal = {\\\\W+available: (\\\\d+)\\\" EXTRACT=$1");
var extract1 = iimGetLastExtract();

SyntaxError?: wrong format of SEARCH command, line: 1 (Error code: -910)

Please help

[Tom, Tech Support]

oobe,

You need to escape the backslash characters in your Javascript strings.

[prabacse]

http://www.samplein.com/company/1314096 ... dx%3A1-1-1

here i extract above URL using !CURRENTURL Tag.
i need help to exact company id i.e 1314096

help me as soon as possible ...

help with EVAL or SEARCH with REGEXP Tags...

[chivracq]

http://www.samplein.com/company/1314096 ... dx%3A1-1-1

here i extract above URL using !CURRENTURL Tag.
i need help to exact company id i.e 1314096

help me as soon as possible ...

help with EVAL or SEARCH with REGEXP Tags...

No need to ask your Question twice..., I reply in your dedicated Thread...

[BlueOne]

I have a similar problem but i didn't understand the Tech support's answer

This imacros code works:

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SEARCH SOURCE=REGEXP:"De ([0-9]{1} [0-9]{3} [0-9]{3} €)" IGNORE_CASE=YES EXTRACT=$1

I want to adapt it in a javascript and play it with the plugin of imacros in firefox.
I tried few times but it didn't work because of the " " of the REGEXP.

Here my javascript code:

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extract ="SEARCH SOURCE=REGEXP:"De ([0-9]{3} [0-9]{3} €)" IGNORE_CASE=YES EXTRACT=$1"+ "\n";

Here the error:

SyntaxError: missing ; before statement, line 20 (Error code: -991)

I tried without the " " but i have an other error...

Could you help me ?

[chivracq]

I have a similar problem but i didn't understand the Tech support's answer

This imacros code works:

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SEARCH SOURCE=REGEXP:"De ([0-9]{1} [0-9]{3} [0-9]{3} €)" IGNORE_CASE=YES EXTRACT=$1

I want to adapt it in a javascript and play it with the plugin of imacros in firefox.
I tried few times but it didn't work because of the " " of the REGEXP.

Here my javascript code:

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extract ="SEARCH SOURCE=REGEXP:"De ([0-9]{3} [0-9]{3} €)" IGNORE_CASE=YES EXTRACT=$1"+ "\n";

Here the error:

SyntaxError: missing ; before statement, line 20 (Error code: -991)

I tried without the " " but i have an other error...

Could you help me ?

CIM...!
=> iMacros for FF v8.9.4...?, FF42...?, OS...?

When converting an .iim Statement to a in a .js Script on the fly created Macro, you need to escape Special Characters and Double Quotes so I think here you need to escape the inner Double Quotes (or replace them with Single Quotes):

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extract ="SEARCH SOURCE=REGEXP:\"De ([0-9]{3} [0-9]{3} €)\" IGNORE_CASE=YES EXTRACT=$1"+ "\n";

[BlueOne]

Hello chivracq,

Thank you for your answer.
I add / before and after the REGEX and it works !
Thank you very much for your help.

For information my CIM is Imacros for Firefox 8.9.4 on Mac OS

[chivracq]

Hello chivracq,

Thank you for your answer.
I add / before and after the REGEX and it works !
Thank you very much for your help.

But be careful the / have to be before the " at the beginning of the REGEX and after the " at the end of the REGEX.
I hope it's gonna help someone else.

For information my CIM is Imacros for Firefox 8.9.4 on Mac OS

Oh...!, so you mean like this:

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extract ="SEARCH SOURCE=REGEXP:/"De ([0-9]{3} [0-9]{3} €)"/ IGNORE_CASE=YES EXTRACT=$1"+ "\n";

OK, good to know, that must be MacOS specific, I reckon...

You didn't try with Single Quotes btw, either for the inner Quotes or for the outer Quotes...?
(I don't use 'REGEXP', I don't use .js Scripts, I don't use on the fly created Macros in .js Scripts, I don't have a Mac, so I cannot really do any Testing, ah-ah...! )

[BlueOne]

Hi chivracq,

I update my post because your first solution was correct.
I was too tired when i write my previous post...

By the way i have a similar problem with a EVAL line maybe you could see what's the problem.

I want to transform this imacros code in javascript: (it's work)

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SET !VAR1 EVAL("var a=\"{{!EXTRACT}}\";a.replace(\" \",\"\");")

After few tries i write this javascript adaptation but still it's doesn't work... any idea ?

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extract +="SET !VAR1 EVAL(\"var a='{{!EXTRACT}}';a.replace(( ),())\")"+ "\n";

I'm sure is the same kind of problem...

Thanks

[chivracq]

Hi chivracq,

I update my post because your first solution was correct.
I was too tired when i write my previous post...

Well, I'm not sure about my "first solution was correct", because I used Backslashes en even after your EDIT, you left a Forward Slash, so do you have to use Forward or Backward Slashes to escape Double Quotes...!?

Maybe easier if you post yourself your Working Solution...

And you still don't react about Single Quotes either for the inner or for the outer Double Quotes...

By the way i have a similar problem with a EVAL line maybe you could see what's the problem.

I want to transform this imacros code in javascript: (it's work)

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SET !VAR1 EVAL("var a=\"{{!EXTRACT}}\";a.replace(\" \",\"\");")

After few tries i write this javascript adaptation but still it's doesn't work... any idea ?

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extract +="SET !VAR1 EVAL(\"var a='{{!EXTRACT}}';a.replace(( ),())\")"+ "\n";

I'm sure is the same kind of problem...

Thanks

For this one, this is very cumbersome, 'EVAL()' is a way to use JavaScript in pure .iim Scripts, you are already in a JavaScript "Environment" because you are creating an .iim Script on the fly in a .js Script (which I already find cumbersome, some "clever" Kid created such a Script years ago and posted it on some obscure Forum to impress other Script Kiddies and that Script has since gone Viral while hardly anybody understands how it works and they all come to the Forum with a Pb though I don't even use (and never have) those stupid Scripts), so you are now embedding JavaScript in an .iim Script embedded in JavaScript.

So either you use pure .iim Scripts like I do, if you need some Conditional Behaviour, well then OK..., it's OK to use a .js Script (even if I still stick to pure .iim and I do more complex things in pure .iim than I've ever seen in .js Scripts on the Forum...), but then you put the .iim part in an .iim Macro that you call with 'iimPlay()', especially if you still want to use some JavaScript in that .iim. Or you do the JavaScript part directly in your .js Script. Embed x3 is cruising for Trouble=Spanking...!

But for your thing, pfff, dunno, try stg like this:

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extract +='SET !VAR1 EVAL("var a='{{!EXTRACT}}'; a.replace(' ','');")' + "\n";

or:

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extract +="SET !VAR1 EVAL(\"var a=\\\"{{!EXTRACT}}\\\"; a.replace(\\\" \\\",\\\"\\\");\")"+ "\n";

And you may need to use Forward Slashes instead of Backslashes on MacOS, it's still not clear to me..., see my Comment to the first Quote...

[BlueOne]

To clarify the situation

I wanted to adapt this imacros (.iim) for javascript (.js):

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SEARCH SOURCE=REGEXP:"De ([0-9]{1} [0-9]{3} [0-9]{3} €)" IGNORE_CASE=YES EXTRACT=$1

I simply had to replace " of the REGEX by \"
So i finally succeed with this code:

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extract ="SEARCH SOURCE=REGEXP:\"De ([0-9]{1} [0-9]{3} [0-9]{3} €)\" IGNORE_CASE=YES EXTRACT=$1"+ "\n";

I use Imacros for Firefox 8.9.4 on Mac OS

[BlueOne]

For this one, this is very cumbersome, 'EVAL()' is a way to use JavaScript in pure .iim Scripts, you are already in a JavaScript "Environment" because you are creating an .iim Script on the fly in a .js Script (which I already find cumbersome, some "clever" Kid created such a Script years ago and posted it on some obscure Forum to impress other Script Kiddies and that Script has since gone Viral while hardly anybody understands how it works and they all come to the Forum with a Pb though I don't even use (and never have) those stupid Scripts), so you are now embedding JavaScript in an .iim Script embedded in JavaScript.

So either you use pure .iim Scripts like I do, if you need some Conditional Behaviour, well then OK..., it's OK to use a .js Script (even if I still stick to pure .iim and I do more complex things in pure .iim than I've ever seen in .js Scripts on the Forum...), but then you put the .iim part in an .iim Macro that you call with 'iimPlay()', especially if you still want to use some JavaScript in that .iim. Or you do the JavaScript part directly in your .js Script. Embed x3 is cruising for Trouble=Spanking...!

But for your thing, pfff, dunno, try stg like this:
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extract +='SET !VAR1 EVAL("var a='{{!EXTRACT}}'; a.replace('&nbsp;','');")' + "\n";

or:
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extract +="SET !VAR1 EVAL(\"var a=\\\"{{!EXTRACT}}\\\"; a.replace(\\\"&nbsp;\\\",\\\"\\\");\")"+ "\n";

And you may need to use Forward Slashes instead of Backslashes on MacOS, it's still not clear to me..., see my Comment to the first Quote...

I am aware that this is not the most optimal thing to do ...
And thank you to share your experience with me.

Your second proposition works !!

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extract +="SET !VAR1 EVAL(\"var a=\\\"{{!EXTRACT}}\\\"; a.replace(\\\" \\\",\\\"\\\");\")"+ "\n";