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    From Dave@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 11 07:26:54 2024
    Good day folks, a bit of advice would be appreciated for my soggy brain.
    :-(

    I was doing a bit of house keeping on Pluto filters where I have a number
    of them Regex active with .*

    "Sans quotes) Some of them are "Filterstring .*" (Filterstring space.*)
    and some of them are "Filterstring.*" (Filterstring nospace.*).

    Can some kind person please remind me of the different effects of those
    two different .* positions?

    Thanks
    Dave

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  • From Martin@21:1/5 to Dave on Mon Nov 11 12:19:45 2024
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
    Good day folks, a bit of advice would be appreciated for my soggy
    brain.
    :-(

    I was doing a bit of house keeping on Pluto filters where I have a
    number of them Regex active with .*

    "Sans quotes) Some of them are "Filterstring .*" (Filterstring
    space.*) and some of them are "Filterstring.*" (Filterstring
    nospace.*).

    Can some kind person please remind me of the different effects of
    those two different .* positions?

    'string.*' will match 'string x' and 'stringx'
    'string<blank>.*' will match 'string x' but not 'stringx'

    This question has prompted me to add to my website a RegExTest program
    I wrote years ago, but it never got formally released. Note that it is
    Beta, may have some bugs, but could be useful. It is available from:

    http://www.avisoft.f9.co.uk/
    https://homepages.force9.net/avisoft/

    Martin

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  • From Dave@21:1/5 to Martin on Mon Nov 11 16:06:52 2024
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
    Good day folks, a bit of advice would be appreciated for my soggy
    brain.
    :-(

    I was doing a bit of house keeping on Pluto filters where I have a
    number of them Regex active with .*

    "Sans quotes) Some of them are "Filterstring .*" (Filterstring
    space.*) and some of them are "Filterstring.*" (Filterstring
    nospace.*).

    Can some kind person please remind me of the different effects of
    those two different .* positions?

    'string.*' will match 'string x' and 'stringx'
    'string<blank>.*' will match 'string x' but not 'stringx'

    This question has prompted me to add to my website a RegExTest program
    I wrote years ago, but it never got formally released. Note that it is
    Beta, may have some bugs, but could be useful. It is available from:

    http://www.avisoft.f9.co.uk/
    https://homepages.force9.net/avisoft/

    Martin

    Thanks for that info Martin, appreciated.

    Dave

    But...
    Problem... When I go to your site, with either NetSurf (RISC OS side) or Firefox (Windows side) I get an error message when I click the !RegExTest download link:

    "Avisoft Page Error.
    Sorry ... we could not find that page!"

    "Please click 'home' to return to the Avisoft home page."

    "Home" being a link, but it does nothing in both browsers.

    ?

    Dave

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    Dave Triffid

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  • From Martin@21:1/5 to Dave on Mon Nov 11 16:42:01 2024
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
    Good day folks, a bit of advice would be appreciated for my
    soggy brain.
    :-(

    I was doing a bit of house keeping on Pluto filters where I
    have a number of them Regex active with .*

    "Sans quotes) Some of them are "Filterstring .*" (Filterstring
    space.*) and some of them are "Filterstring.*" (Filterstring
    nospace.*).

    Can some kind person please remind me of the different effects
    of those two different .* positions?

    'string.*' will match 'string x' and 'stringx'
    'string<blank>.*' will match 'string x' but not 'stringx'

    This question has prompted me to add to my website a RegExTest
    program I wrote years ago, but it never got formally released.
    Note that it is Beta, may have some bugs, but could be useful. It
    is available from:

    http://www.avisoft.f9.co.uk/
    https://homepages.force9.net/avisoft/

    But...

    Problem... When I go to your site, with either NetSurf (RISC OS
    side) or Firefox (Windows side) I get an error message when I click
    the !RegExTest download link:

    "Avisoft Page Error.
    Sorry ... we could not find that page!"

    Ooops! Sorry - the one link I did not check!
    Should now be fixed.

    --
    Martin Avison
    Note that unfortunately this email address will become invalid
    without notice if (when) any spam is received.

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  • From Chris Hughes@21:1/5 to Dave on Mon Nov 11 16:44:19 2024
    In message <[email protected]>
    Dave <[email protected]> wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
    Good day folks, a bit of advice would be appreciated for my soggy
    brain.
    :-(

    I was doing a bit of house keeping on Pluto filters where I have a
    number of them Regex active with .*

    "Sans quotes) Some of them are "Filterstring .*" (Filterstring
    space.*) and some of them are "Filterstring.*" (Filterstring
    nospace.*).

    Can some kind person please remind me of the different effects of
    those two different .* positions?

    'string.*' will match 'string x' and 'stringx'
    'string<blank>.*' will match 'string x' but not 'stringx'

    This question has prompted me to add to my website a RegExTest program
    I wrote years ago, but it never got formally released. Note that it is
    Beta, may have some bugs, but could be useful. It is available from:

    http://www.avisoft.f9.co.uk/
    https://homepages.force9.net/avisoft/

    Martin

    Thanks for that info Martin, appreciated.

    Dave

    But...
    Problem... When I go to your site, with either NetSurf (RISC OS side) or Firefox (Windows side) I get an error message when I click the !RegExTest download link:

    "Avisoft Page Error.
    Sorry ... we could not find that page!"

    "Please click 'home' to return to the Avisoft home page."

    "Home" being a link, but it does nothing in both browsers.

    Just tried it for you and I was able to access the: http://www.avisoft.f9.co.uk/ website and then go and download the file without issue.

    But the https site generated a certificate error for an invalid TLS certificate
    https://homepages.force9.net/avisoft/

    Both using !Iris

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    Chris Hughes

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  • From Martin@21:1/5 to Chris Hughes on Mon Nov 11 19:13:13 2024
    In article <f5e035be5b.chris@mytardis>,
    Chris Hughes <[email protected]> wrote:

    [Snip]

    Just tried it for you and I was able to access the: http://www.avisoft.f9.co.uk/ website and then go and download the
    file without issue.

    Good ...

    But the https site generated a certificate error for an invalid
    TLS certificate https://homepages.force9.net/avisoft/

    ... not so good ...

    Both using !Iris

    ... or Netsurf ... but using Firefox on Windows it works just fine!

    This is a known problem with the ISP's handling of their certificate -
    I did report it about 5 months ago, but you have reminded me to chase
    it up again.

    Some browsers cope, some do not!

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    Martin Avison
    Note that unfortunately this email address will become invalid
    without notice if (when) any spam is received.

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  • From Dave@21:1/5 to Martin on Mon Nov 11 19:08:35 2024
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

    [Snip]

    Ooops! Sorry - the one link I did not check!
    Should now be fixed.

    It is indeed fixed.

    Thanks

    Dave

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    Dave Triffid

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