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    • Petross404_Petros S
      Petross404_Petros S last edited by

      Hello guys, I hope you are doing well. I am trying to create a regex in order to filter some text:

      Symbols from "/mnt/home/petros/test".
      Local exec file:
              `/mnt/home/petros/test', file type elf64-x86-64.
              Entry point: 0x1050
              0x0000000000000318 - 0x0000000000000334 is .interp
              0x0000000000000338 - 0x0000000000000368 is .note.gnu.property
              0x0000000000000368 - 0x0000000000000388 is .note.ABI-tag
              0x0000000000000388 - 0x00000000000003ac is .gnu.hash
              0x00000000000003b0 - 0x0000000000000458 is .dynsym
              0x0000000000000458 - 0x00000000000004da is .dynstr
              0x00000000000004da - 0x00000000000004e8 is .gnu.version
              0x00000000000004e8 - 0x0000000000000508 is .gnu.version_r
              0x0000000000000508 - 0x00000000000005c8 is .rela.dyn
              0x00000000000005c8 - 0x00000000000005e0 is .rela.plt
              0x0000000000001000 - 0x0000000000001017 is .init
              0x0000000000001020 - 0x0000000000001040 is .plt
              0x0000000000001040 - 0x0000000000001048 is .plt.got
              0x0000000000001050 - 0x00000000000011d9 is .text
              0x00000000000011dc - 0x00000000000011e5 is .fini
              0x0000000000002000 - 0x0000000000002017 is .rodata
              0x0000000000002018 - 0x0000000000002054 is .eh_frame_hdr
              0x0000000000002058 - 0x0000000000002144 is .eh_frame
              0x0000000000003db8 - 0x0000000000003dc0 is .init_array
              0x0000000000003dc0 - 0x0000000000003dc8 is .fini_array
              0x0000000000003dc8 - 0x0000000000003fb8 is .dynamic
              0x0000000000003fb8 - 0x0000000000004000 is .got
              0x0000000000004000 - 0x0000000000004010 is .data
              0x0000000000004010 - 0x0000000000004018 is .bss
      

      This regex here (/file type.*/g) filters correctly what I am trying to do. Basically I will delete the "file type " part later and keep only the "elf64-x86-64." but that's ok.

      When I try to create this regex with Qt though it doesn't seem to work:

          QRegExp re{"//file type.*//g"};    // Even without escaping it, it doesn't capture anything.
          QString str{output};               //This is the wall of text above.
          
      
          qDebug() << re.capturedTexts();                    // ("")
          qDebug() << "exact match? " << re.exactMatch(str); // exact match?  false
      

      So my question is does Qt5 have a different syntax for regular expressions or am I missing something else here?

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      • artwaw
        artwaw @Petross404_Petros S last edited by

        @Petross404_Petros-S QRegExp is obsolete, please use QRegularExpression.

        For more information please re-read.

        Kind Regards,
        Artur

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        • Petross404_Petros S
          Petross404_Petros S @artwaw last edited by Petross404_Petros S

          @artwaw said in Regex doesn't seem to work with Qt:

          @Petross404_Petros-S QRegExp is obsolete, please use QRegularExpression.

          You are right, but since this a contribution to a project that isn't mine, the developer needs the the minimum Qt version to be Qt5.4

          Am I on the safe side?

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          • artwaw
            artwaw @Petross404_Petros S last edited by

            @Petross404_Petros-S In the documentation to QRegularExpression class documentation there is clearly written This class was introduced in Qt 5.0.

            For more information please re-read.

            Kind Regards,
            Artur

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            • JonB
              JonB @Petross404_Petros S last edited by JonB

              @Petross404_Petros-S said in Regex doesn't seem to work with Qt:

              QRegExp re{"//file type.*//g"}; // Even without escaping it, it doesn't capture anything.

              Given you're using QRegExp (wouldn't make any difference if QRegularExpression anyway). Where did you get the idea this is suitable input for it? It is not.

              So my question is does Qt5 have a different syntax for regular expressions or am I missing something else here?

              This regex here (/file type.*/g)

              You seem to be assuming that what you see on that page you reference is literally what you can use elsewhere. Though even then you have changed it. And you seem to have selected for JavaScript.

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              • Petross404_Petros S
                Petross404_Petros S @JonB last edited by

                @JonB said in Regex doesn't seem to work with Qt:

                @Petross404_Petros-S said in Regex doesn't seem to work with Qt:

                QRegExp re{"//file type.*//g"}; // Even without escaping it, it doesn't capture anything.

                Given you're using QRegExp (wouldn't make any difference if QRegularExpression anyway). Where did you get the idea this is suitable input for it? It is not.

                So my question is does Qt5 have a different syntax for regular expressions or am I missing something else here?

                This regex here (/file type.*/g)

                You seem to be assuming that what you see on that page you reference is literally what you can use elsewhere. Though even then you have changed it. And you seem to have selected for JavaScript.

                Oh sorry then, how could I miss this?

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                • VRonin
                  VRonin last edited by VRonin

                  the /g is not how you set the regex to global

                  const QRegularExpression regExp(QStringLiteral(R"***(file type.*)***"));
                  QRegularExpressionMatchIterator regExpMatch =  regExp.globalMatch(input);
                  while (regExpMatch .hasNext()) {
                      const QRegularExpressionMatch match = regExpMatch .next();
                      qDebug() <<  match.capturedRef(0);
                  }
                  

                  "La mort n'est rien, mais vivre vaincu et sans gloire, c'est mourir tous les jours"
                  ~Napoleon Bonaparte

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                  • SGaist
                    SGaist Lifetime Qt Champion last edited by

                    Hi,

                    Are you trying to use file glob pattern ?

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                    • Petross404_Petros S
                      Petross404_Petros S @VRonin last edited by

                      @VRonin said in Regex doesn't seem to work with Qt:

                      the /g is not how you set the regex to global

                      const QRegularExpression regExp(QStringLiteral(R"***(file type.*)***"));
                      QRegularExpressionMatchIterator regExpMatch =  regExp.globalMatch(input);
                      while (regExpMatch .hasNext()) {
                          const QRegularExpressionMatch match = regExpMatch .next();
                          qDebug() <<  match.capturedRef(0);
                      }
                      

                      Yes, it seems that it needed a different approach. This works:

                      QString str{output};  //The output from the first post.
                      
                      const QRegularExpression regExp(QStringLiteral(R"***(file type.*)***"));
                      QRegularExpressionMatch regExpMatch =  regExp.match(str);
                      
                      QString strFileType {regExpMatch.captured(0)};   //"file type elf64-x86-64."
                      
                      if(strFileType.contains("file type") && strFileType.contains("."))
                      {
                          strFileType.replace("file type ", "");
                          strFileType.replace(".", "");
                      }
                      
                      That was a little
                      qDebug() << strFileType;                       // "elf64-x86-64"
                      

                      Thank you all.

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                      • Petross404_Petros S
                        Petross404_Petros S @SGaist last edited by

                        @SGaist said in Regex doesn't seem to work with Qt:

                        Hi,

                        Are you trying to use file glob pattern ?

                        Yes but in the wrong way. Thank you for your interest.

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                        • VRonin
                          VRonin @Petross404_Petros S last edited by

                          @Petross404_Petros-S said in Regex doesn't seem to work with Qt:

                          strFileType.contains(".")

                          . in regexp has a special menaing. if you want to match the literal dot you have to escape it

                          "La mort n'est rien, mais vivre vaincu et sans gloire, c'est mourir tous les jours"
                          ~Napoleon Bonaparte

                          On a crusade to banish setIndexWidget() from the holy land of Qt

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                          • Petross404_Petros S
                            Petross404_Petros S @VRonin last edited by Petross404_Petros S

                            @VRonin said in Regex doesn't seem to work with Qt:

                            @Petross404_Petros-S said in Regex doesn't seem to work with Qt:

                            strFileType.contains(".")

                            . in regexp has a special menaing. if you want to match the literal dot you have to escape it

                            Interesting because it actually removed the dot. When I used it like " \. " it didn't work.
                            EDIT It doesn't show the \ characters I used above.

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                            • VRonin
                              VRonin last edited by

                              My bad, I wasn't clear. . in QRegularExpression mean any character.

                              strFileType.replace(".", ""); is correct but unnecessary:

                              QString str{output};  //The output from the first post.
                              
                              const QRegularExpression regExp(QStringLiteral(R"***(file type\s*(.*)\.)***"));
                              QRegularExpressionMatch regExpMatch =  regExp.match(str);
                              qDebug() << regExpMatch.captured(0);   //"file type elf64-x86-64."
                              QString strFileType = regExpMatch.captured(1);
                              qDebug() << strFileType; //"elf64-x86-64"
                              

                              "La mort n'est rien, mais vivre vaincu et sans gloire, c'est mourir tous les jours"
                              ~Napoleon Bonaparte

                              On a crusade to banish setIndexWidget() from the holy land of Qt

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                              • SGaist
                                SGaist Lifetime Qt Champion last edited by

                                QRegularExpression::wildcardToRegularExpression is what you were looking for.

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                                Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                                • Petross404_Petros S
                                  Petross404_Petros S @SGaist last edited by

                                  @SGaist said in Regex doesn't seem to work with Qt:

                                  QRegularExpression::wildcardToRegularExpression is what you were looking for.

                                  I am afraid I can't use this function since it is very recent and compatiblity with Qt5.4 is needed. But thank you.

                                  @VRonin thank you too, your example was to the point. I will take a deeper look at what you did there. Thanks again.

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