REGEX start line symbol doesn't work

[Marc Pechaud]

regMatch = '^(modifier.*)$'
editor.research(regMatch, regFunc, editor.WHOLEDOC)

This doesn't work, why ?

WithregMatch = '(modifier.*)\n'
that work...!

[CFrank]

What is expected?
The WHOLEDOC treats the ^ as start of doc and $ as end of document.
Do you use /S flag in addition?

Cheers
Claudia

[Marc Pechaud]

I would like to take each line begin with 'modifier' until end of it and put them in list variable to sort it and replace it in the doc. So my regex is suppose to deal with each line and delete them after, I try to make this script:

varMatch = []

# suppose to fix the pos to first item
first_pos = editor.findText(0,0,editor.getLineCount(),'modifier')[0]
editor.gotoPos(first_pos)

def regFunc(m):  
    # fill the list with matching item
    varMatch.append(m.group(0))

    # define active line number 
    currLine = editor.lineFromPosition(editor.getCurrentPos())

    # delete line
    editor.deleteLine(currLine)

# Regex for searching each item
editor.research('^(modifier.*\n)', regFunc)

# sorting item
varMatch.sort(cmp=lambda x,y: cmp(x.lower(), y.lower()))

# replace each sorted item in doc
for line in varMatch:
    editor.addText(line)

That do sth but got lot of line in double or triple !!!
Sorry don't know what /S flag is...

[CFrank]

Could you provide an example what you try to do?
Especially the part with sorting isn't clear to me.

Cheers
Claudia

[Marc Pechaud]

Ii have doc file like that:

# Written by somesoft 1.1.0
version v1.1.0
tags Name_tags
modifier baba sth 0.162000
modifier fifi sth -0.594000
modifier titi sth 0.618000
modifier coco sth 0.398000
modifier nono sth 0.318000
modifier zozo sth -0.644000
modifier xoxo sth 0.372000
modifier jojo sth 0.296000
modifier riri sth 0.238000
modifier popo sth 0.148000
modifier etc.

other word not begin by modifier

I need to sort (mean alphabetical sorting) only where line start with 'modifier'
and not move other line.

I have to did that on lot of files.

[CFrank]

and the result should be this?

Written by somesoft 1.1.0
version v1.1.0
tags Name_tags
modifier baba sth 0.162000
modifier coco sth 0.398000
modifier etc.
modifier fifi sth -0.594000
modifier jojo sth 0.296000
modifier nono sth 0.318000
modifier popo sth 0.148000
modifier riri sth 0.238000
modifier titi sth 0.618000
modifier xoxo sth 0.372000
modifier zozo sth -0.644000

other word not begin by modifier

Cheers
Claudia

[Marc Pechaud]

yea that's right !

[CFrank]

So something like this would do it.
If there is something unclear about the code , let me know.
The editor.beginUndoAction and editor.endUndoAction are used in
case something goes wrong terribly.

varMatch = []
varMatchPos = []
editor.beginUndoAction()
def regFunc(m):  
    varMatch.append(m.group(0))
    varMatchPos.append(m.span())

editor.research('^(modifier.*)', regFunc)

varMatch.sort(cmp=lambda x,y: cmp(x.lower(), y.lower()))

for pos_start, pos_end in reversed(varMatchPos):
    editor.gotoPos(pos_start)
    currLine = editor.lineFromPosition(pos_start)
    editor.deleteLine(currLine)
    editor.addText('{}\r\n'.format(varMatch.pop()))
editor.endUndoAction()   

[Marc Pechaud]

Unbelievable Claudia ! You really great, I could never find the way like that, and have to study it !
Maybe little misunderstood with : editor.addText('{}\r\n'.format(varMatch.pop()))
Thank you so much !

[CFrank]

editor.addText does only add the text without the end of line characters (carriage retrun new line) therefore we need to add it. Format is used to format the string we want to add.
pop returns the last item of a list.

The script does the replacement from end of document to start of document.
Why?
Because if you would start from the beginning the position would change for the next
match. If we start from the end we don't have that issue.

Cheers
Claudia