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For this simple code:

ui block text("Original Text:", #originalText)
ui block text("<br><br><br>Bad Words:", #badWords)
ui block text("<br><br><br>New Text:", #newText)
set(#newText, $replace(#originalText, #badWords, ""), "Global")

I would like to examine the original text and delete any occurrences of the words in the bad words list. I am thinking I might need a regex expression for this as I want it to match whole words only (for example I don't want the "hell" deleted from "shell").

Anyone have a solution (regex or not)?

TIA,
Duane

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Okay, I seem to have stumped the panel...

Here is an update, which is still not working, but I think I'm getting closer...

Any suggestions for making it function?

Thanks,
Duane

clear list(%originalText)
clear list(%badWords)
clear list(%newText)
ui block text("Original Text:", #originalText)
add item to list(%originalText, #originalText, "Delete", "Global")
ui block text("<br><br><br>Bad Words:", #badWords)
set list position(%badWords, 0)
add item to list(%badWords, #badWords, "Delete", "Global")
ui block text("<br><br><br>New Text:", #newText)
add item to list(%newText, #newText, "Delete", "Global")
set(#listTotal, $list total(%newText), "Global")
loop($list total(%badWords)) {
set(#newText, $replace(#originalText, $list item(%badWords, 0), ""), "Global")
increment(#listTotal)
}

[LoWrIdErTJ - BotGuru]

Here you go..

Nice and easy

ui block text("Original text", #org text)
ui block text("<BR><BR><BR>Bad words list", #bad words)
clear list(%bad words)
add list to list(%bad words, $list from text(#bad words, $new line), "Delete", "Global")
set(#temp, 0, "Global")
loop($list total(%bad words)) {
    set(#org text, $replace(#org text, $list item(%bad words, #temp), $nothing), "Global")
    increment(#temp)
}

Variable #org text is auto filtered to filtered text

For replacing just replace the $nothing with something you want to replace it with

Example video:
http://www.screencast.com/t/ceHtALBtc



TJ

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Ah... thanks, TJ! I keep forgetting the $nothing variable... I was just leaving it blank.

Any idea how to make it replace whole words only? For example, if "hell" is on the bad word list, I don't want to remove the "hell" from "shell" or "hello".

-Duane

[LoWrIdErTJ - BotGuru]

Like this with regex

ui block text("Original text", #org text)
ui block text("<BR><BR><BR>Bad words list", #bad words)
clear list(%bad words)
add list to list(%bad words, $list from text(#bad words, $new line), "Delete", "Global")
set(#temp, 0, "Global")
loop($list total(%bad words)) {
    set(#org text, $replace regular expression(#org text, "^{$list item(%bad words, #temp)}", $nothing), "Global")
    increment(#temp)
}

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I understand the logic, but this is not doing anything for me... is it the right regex?

[LoWrIdErTJ - BotGuru]

Slight change in regex

ui block text("Original text", #org text)
ui block text("<BR><BR><BR>Bad words list", #bad words)
clear list(%bad words)
add list to list(%bad words, $list from text(#bad words, $new line), "Delete", "Global")
set(#temp, 0, "Global")
loop($list total(%bad words)) {
    set(#org text, $replace regular expression(#org text, "\\b{$list item(%bad words, #temp)}\\b", $nothing), "Global")
    increment(#temp)
}
load html($replace(#org text, $new line, "<BR>"))

Video example
http://screencast.com/t/BZMznuHbi

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Ah... that time you nailed it! Awesome!!

Thanks again TJ!!

[LoWrIdErTJ - BotGuru]

no problem your welcome.

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I've been scratching my head trying to figure out how to include the regexed replacement to a variable... currently it writes to the screen, how would I get it to either overwrite the #org text variable or create a new one? The way its written (loading to html) is interesting... but I don't understand how to load to a variable instead... I must be missing something really basic here...

[odeesuba]

Its already changing the variable #org text, monitor it in the debugger.

You can delete the load html node, that's only for demonstration.

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The variable #org text is partially changing, but not completely. For example, if the bad word is the first word in the line:

#%&* is cool

then the the load html node will show:

is cool

while #org text will show:

<sp>is cool.

Notice the space before is, in #org text (denoted as <sp> as this board won't allow me to start a line with a space). So the load html node is further refining the results...which is what I've been unable to (but needing to) capture in a new variable. It seems TJ put some coding voodoo in ($replace(#org text, $new line, "<BR>")) that I haven't been able to duplicate. Again, I must be missing something obvious...

[odeesuba]

if the load html is doing the trick try to set the variable with the replace as TJ did

set(#org text, $replace(#org text, $new line, "<BR>"), "Global")

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Thanks... I've tried that and it results with all the literal <BR>s instead of line breaks. I tried cleaning that up as well and that led me back to thinking there must be an easier way to do it all in one go...

[odeesuba]

what about this

set(#org text, $replace(#org text, $new line, $nothing), "Global")

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Then its all on one line with no line breaks...

I think the problem is in the regex expression itself, it is deleting the "bad word" but needs to also delete the space that comes after the word. In the line "%#@* happens" there is a space between "%#@*" and "happens" which also needs to be deleted. I'm not sure how that would work if the "bad word" is the last word in the line though...

**UPDATE** I got it... instead of replacing it with $nothing, I replace it with ***, then I can just use a regular replace command to replace it... doh, too easy!!!

Thanks for the help, it set me to thinking on it!!!