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Re: regular expression

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Ben Bacarisse wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> writes:
>> Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>>> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> writes:
>>>> Tony Johansson wrote:
>>>>> I want to filter this expression
>>>>> http://localhost:49507/slutProjekt/img/TwinBagel.jpg
>>> <snip>
>>>>> by using regular expression so that I only want the string that starts
>>>>> after the last / and end before the dot.
>>> <snip>
>>> 
>>>>   var s = elmnt.src.replace(/^.*\/([^.]+).*/, '$1');
>>>>
>>>> Better:
>>>>
>>>>   var m = (elmnt.src.match(/([^.\/]+)(?:\..*?)?$/) || [])[1];
>>> 
>>> Not if there is an earlier '.' in the string.
>>
>> It was not intended as a general solution.
> 
> Oh, OK.  That's odd, but it's yours to define "better" as a less general
> solution.

Using String.prototype.match() is better than String.prototype.replace() 
here because it is the *direct* solution to the problem of extracting a 
substring by using pattern matching.

>>> I think your first RE will do just as well here, though the trailing .*
>>> is no longer needed:
>>> 
>>>   var m = (elmnt.src.match(/^.*\/([^.]+)/) || [])[1];
>>
>> This is simpler and more general, but less efficient.
> 
> That's interesting.  What makes it less efficient?

For a start, it has to match almost the entire input when only the last 
fragment of it is needed.
 
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regular expression "Tony Johansson" <johansson.andersson@telia.com> - 2013-10-10 20:17 +0200
  Re: regular expression "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2013-10-10 20:29 +0200
  Re: regular expression Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-10-10 21:33 +0200
    Re: regular expression Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2013-10-10 21:31 +0100
      Re: regular expression Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-10-10 22:57 +0200
        Re: regular expression Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2013-10-10 23:56 +0100
          Re: regular expression Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-10-11 01:06 +0200
            Re: regular expression Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2013-10-11 01:21 +0100
  Re: regular expression RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2013-10-10 18:48 -0700
    Re: regular expression Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-10-11 11:42 +0200
  Re: regular expression dhtml <dhtmlkitchen@gmail.com> - 2013-10-16 10:19 -0700

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