Question

If, within a search,

%CALC{"$pattern(.*</td><td>([^\n]*).*)"}%

and

%CALC{"$TIME(02 Jul 2007 - 11:40)"}%

Returns 1183390800

Then why do I get 0 from

%CALC{"$TIME($pattern(.*</td><td>([^\n]*).*))"}%

?? Thanks

Environment

-- MichelleAlbertin - 02 Jul 2007

Answer

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Are you escaping CALC? I suspect (but have not real basis) that:

1. CALC is not seeing any of it's functions in $pattern..., and returning the string unchanged, which then get's processed by search.
2. CALC is converting the time, which is included as literal text in the search result
3. CALC is running TIME on $pattern..., which doesn't look like a time string, and the result is being processed as literal text by SEARCH.

If my suspicion is correct, then you should escape CALC with $percnt and $quot.

-- JustinLove - 06 Jul 2007

Specifically, try

$percntCALC{$TIME($pattern(.*</td><td>([^\n]*).*))}$percnt

-- PeterThoeny - 06 Jul 2007