CODEWITHSUNDEEP
autohotkey
A.D usa
A.D usa

Reputation: 65

Autohotkey Get everything before a regex

I am trying to get the movie name (without the dots) in a string.

For example:

"Matrix.1999.LIMITED.720p.BluRay" would be "Matrix"

Also, "Max.Steel.2016.1080p.BluRay" would be "Max Steel"

I have made the below but its not working

Haystack =Max.Steel.2016.1080p.BluRay
TheYear := RegExMatch(Haystack, "\d{4}\b")
StringGetPos, YearPostion,Haystack,%TheYear%
StringLeft, MovieName,Haystack,%YearPostion%
MsgBox, %MovieName%

Upvotes: 0

Views: 64

Answers (1)

2501
2501

Reputation: 25752

Replace all of the dots with whitespace, search for the year, and trim the unnecessary whitespace:

Haystack = Max.Steel.2016.1080p.BluRay
StringReplace, Haystack, Haystack , . , %A_Space% , All
TheYear := RegExMatch(Haystack, "(1|2)\d\d\d")
if( TheYear > 0 )
{
    TheYear--
    StringLeft, MovieName,Haystack,%TheYear%
    MovieName := Trim( MovieName ) ;
    MsgBox, |%MovieName%|
}

Upvotes: 1

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