From: "Nathan Shipley" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Received: from mail-io1-f47.google.com ([209.85.166.47] verified)
  by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0)
  with ESMTPS id 7440269 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 24 Sep 2019 23:45:01 +0200
Received: by mail-io1-f47.google.com with SMTP id v2so8211489iob.10
        for <AE-List@media-motion.tv>; Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:48:14 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
        d=gmail.com; s=20161025;
        h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to;
        bh=0WYeZ0bx7lQDaOgoV9xUDqPDiWeSLX2C5qw7xAa6JGY=;
        b=Fb6fKLrN1+PpQdnYjRMm+bd2w5X7B+tj/NHPnQJ/z4Wu6hHNN+oQkhlr/InkwIYrat
         rAw0Kfb6fERqyKWtHkZh/Urha1/TMZIp+u8TDVDX0ZfgrzsWCgM4PIZlYb4rEIgczmem
         /x0Sk+Kv9TizIEixgxwiXybT0YSJK3Ic4cvJa6wtiWD4Q2Lop4xy8CrN/PrWO3xLrRuY
         JPYXO1w7qJayanHGmXnt8fHGBLnaDYV0qgjf75jZPDwsT67b0YKy5Btb3/PsOVf9jC+o
         Rt6uzutG6C7eyGnUvBgPWE/6MYEb2joFqZUvU72cSi8JHstAz8ZiZw5CCN0aYxugfclL
         4x0g==
X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
        d=1e100.net; s=20161025;
        h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date
         :message-id:subject:to;
        bh=0WYeZ0bx7lQDaOgoV9xUDqPDiWeSLX2C5qw7xAa6JGY=;
        b=qp2fXLOZTq3eyXGOhtnoXnvd9IcnbnlU64gMpyEbedn3/FbjwxZsIs5npmTatkNgXO
         h79OfWIUC/r59tYkz9QgAzLk+LkxEV1vDAaoo59jjXk5I7wVIejnfCUfove33+oJkvXa
         q5qHZKr4Trwh8ECXVVULx8JyFEFIltUqa5qXqask6m41f4iqMkZR/xSQWmPxfLhKghhc
         ZTc4XdelX5I9kMTl07hjjVrLON+g75kXcxEFNQ8ncuFWBPloHTxdUgxjh4t106nkGfMd
         TE8Nrne4V1ogM93gNTUuPjUBhD5Vkt5VgbxymwY0YvnvYDbBJY9LPhefBbPCeOCv6Ij2
         wVSw==
X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUwftYodkXmP1rp7bBa4vv8lVbqCtxpiCBjLcOyYtXtFwCZz/sX
	BwOQ9fj81peJ0Qr7VI44wwxU4v79kDlM1rHAo5hqIA==
X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqy2CzYVVUwVTpPFNPvGF9maBCmUgvUpzI1kAsK7BxSTblTdNLQQObCfmz33gt0niV0F3/yzyZiXR9smuSe9/k4=
X-Received: by 2002:a6b:c903:: with SMTP id z3mr6314233iof.204.1569361691947;
 Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:48:11 -0700 (PDT)
MIME-Version: 1.0
References: <list-7440264@media-motion.tv>
In-Reply-To: <list-7440264@media-motion.tv>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:47:59 -0700
Message-ID: <CAMtaTCwi4oSmZDZSADAp7vpDhyoPhPNrfJc+_oJvuo9ARfuK3Q@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] Regex help on expression
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000002c58ca0593537e71"

--0000000000002c58ca0593537e71
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

Have you tried using https://regexr.com/ to build/check your expression?

On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 2:31 PM Byron Nash <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

> I'm trying to craft a regular expression to locate some parts of a string
> and manipulate it with expressions. Do we have any REGEX experts in here?
>
> *text.sourceText.match(/(?<=\d)ST|ND|RD|TH/g);*
>
> I'm trying to locate one of those strings (ST|ND|RD|TH) *but only if it
> follows a number.* For some reason the thing returns the string if a word
> begins with one of those strings. I can't figure out why it's doing that.
> I'm telling it only look after digits.
>

--0000000000002c58ca0593537e71
Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<div dir=3D"ltr">Have you tried using=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://regexr.com/" =
target=3D"_blank">https://regexr.com/</a>=C2=A0to build/check your expressi=
on?</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_att=
r">On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 2:31 PM Byron Nash &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:AE-List=
@media-motion.tv" target=3D"_blank">AE-List@media-motion.tv</a>&gt; wrote:<=
br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8e=
x;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"=
>I&#39;m trying to craft a regular expression to locate some parts of a str=
ing and manipulate it with expressions. Do we have any REGEX experts in her=
e?<div><font face=3D"monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face=3D"monospa=
ce"><b>text.sourceText.match(/(?&lt;=3D\d)ST|ND|RD|TH/g);</b></font><br></d=
iv><div><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face=
=3D"arial, sans-serif">I&#39;m trying to locate one of those strings (ST|ND=
|RD|TH) <i>but only if it follows a number.</i> For some reason the thing r=
eturns the string if a word begins with one of those strings. I can&#39;t f=
igure out why it&#39;s doing that. I&#39;m telling it only look after digit=
s.=C2=A0</font></div></div>
</blockquote></div>

--0000000000002c58ca0593537e71--