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How to read text in front of exact character

 
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Madalin
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 3:06 pm    Post subject: How to read text in front of exact character Reply with quote
For example i have line

text1 text2 [something] text3 text4 [else] text5

How can i read "text1 text2"
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 4:06 pm    Post subject: Re: How to read text in front of exact character Reply with quote
Madalin wrote:
For example i have line

text1 text2 [something] text3 text4 [else] text5

How can i read "text1 text2"



In the above, you seem to be asking how to get the first two words.

Yet in the topic:
"How to read text in front of exact character"

So:
Can you give a better example? Is "[something]" relevant, or not?
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 4:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Found it .. thanks was looking for something like

Code:
regexp {(.*)\]} $line "" first


there is more work to do after but works.
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