regexp on emacs how to...

regexp on emacs how to...

[renato.pontefice]

Hi,
I need a regexp, that can help me, on a particular need.

I have a file in .rtf format. 
Inside it, with emacs, i insert some code. 

All the code that I insert, start with [- and ends with -]

betwwen this two tags I have capital letters, without space and line breack.

I would have a regexp that show me any occurence of this tag, where i.e.:
- there are open tag [-
- name of variable [-VARIABLENAME
 but the close tag -] are after a line break

and i.e.
- start tag [-
- some char of variable (written in capital letters) [-VARIABLE
- but before the end tag, some non capital letter (that is .rtf code) [-VARIABLE\rtf\ql\lind34}NAME-]

I hope I have well explained. (if not, ask me more clarifications)

is it possible?

thank you

Renato

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[Thorsten Jolitz]

renato.pontefice@gmail.com writes:

> Hi,
> I need a regexp, that can help me, on a particular need.
>
> I have a file in .rtf format. 
> Inside it, with emacs, i insert some code. 
>
> All the code that I insert, start with [- and ends with -]
>
> betwwen this two tags I have capital letters, without space and line
> breack.
>
> I would have a regexp that show me any occurence of this tag, where i.e.:
> - there are open tag [-
> - name of variable [-VARIABLENAME
>  but the close tag -] are after a line break
>
> and i.e.
> - start tag [-
> - some char of variable (written in capital letters) [-VARIABLE
> - but before the end tag, some non capital letter (that is .rtf code)
> [-VARIABLE\rtf\ql\lind34}NAME-]
>
> I hope I have well explained. (if not, ask me more clarifications)
>
> is it possible?

This might give some false positives, but not miss any tags:

"\\[-[^^\000]+?-]"

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[Thorsten Jolitz]

Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:

> This might give some false positives, but not miss any tags:
>
> "\\[-[^^\000]+?-]"

Ups, this should actually be:

"\\[-[^\000]+?-]"

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[renato.pontefice]

Il giorno domenica 31 agosto 2014 00:39:00 UTC+2, Thorsten Jolitz ha scritto:
> Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> 
> 
> > This might give some false positives, but not miss any tags:
> 
> >
> 
> > "\\[-[^^\000]+?-]"
> 
> 
> 
> Ups, this should actually be:
> 
> 
> 
> "\\[-[^\000]+?-]"
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Thorsten

It doesen't work :-(

can you try to explain me what kin of search try to do this expression?

TIA

Renato

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[Eric Abrahamsen]

renato.pontefice@gmail.com writes:

> Il giorno domenica 31 agosto 2014 00:39:00 UTC+2, Thorsten Jolitz ha scritto:
>> Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> > This might give some false positives, but not miss any tags:
>> 
>> >
>> 
>> > "\\[-[^^\000]+?-]"
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Ups, this should actually be:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> "\\[-[^\000]+?-]"
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> 
>> cheers,
>> 
>> Thorsten
>
> It doesen't work :-(
>
> can you try to explain me what kin of search try to do this expression?

In cases like this, regexp-builder can often be useful. Go to the buffer
containing your RTF text, M-x regexp-builder, and then start building
your regexp incrementally. Many times this is enough to show you what
was wrong with the original one.

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[Thorsten Jolitz]

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> In cases like this, regexp-builder can often be useful. Go to the buffer
> containing your RTF text, M-x regexp-builder, and then start building
> your regexp incrementally. Many times this is enough to show you what
> was wrong with the original one.

Indeed, a very useful library. 

Only caveat in this case: when using [^\000]+ in a regexp and calling
'reb-copy', it is converted to a literal NUL char [^^@]+, which works
perfectly for regexp matching, but makes GIT think your .el file is a
binary file.

I had this problem and had to change all [^^@]+ back to [^\000]+ to
enable correct VC on these files again ... (including some renaming
workarounds). 

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[Thorsten Jolitz]

renato.pontefice@gmail.com writes:

> Il giorno domenica 31 agosto 2014 00:39:00 UTC+2, Thorsten Jolitz ha
> scritto:
>> Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:

>> "\\[-[^\000]+?-]"

> It doesen't work :-(
>
> can you try to explain me what kin of search try to do this expression?

Can you just give a simple example of what text you would like to match? 
E.g. insert a typical snippet in a lorem ipsum paragraph or so:

#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE 
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec
hendrerit tempor tellus. Donec pretium posuere tellus. Proin quam nisl,
tincidunt et, mattis eget, [MY SNIPPET] convallis nec, purus. Cum sociis
natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus
mus. Nulla posuere. Donec vitae dolor. Nullam tristique diam non
turpis. Cras placerat accumsan nulla. Nullam rutrum. Nam vestibulum
accumsan nisl.
#+END_EXAMPLE

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[renato.pontefice]

ok, this is a right code:
#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
noscenza e competenza, che in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996\charrsid7868964 [-DATE-]}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996  prot }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f40\fs22\insrsid15731996\charrsid13987552 [-TIME-]}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996  Il/la sig
#+END_EXAMPLE

this is an example with problems
#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
noscenza e competenza, che in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996\charrsid7868964 [-DAT{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrchE-]}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996  prot }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f40\fs22\insrsid15731996\charrsid13987552 [-TI
ME-]}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996  Il/la sig
#+END_EXAMPLE

In the second example, my variable ([-DATE-] and [-TIME-], are interrupted:
- in [-DATE-] variable, by rtf code
- in [-TIME-] variable, by a a line feed

in both example, the parser that try to substituite variable, fails, becausae it find some dirty text, between the start [- and the end -] of variable.

So I need to detect that occurence.
The best thing would be to detect JUST the occurence of variable that are not well formatted (as in example 1

I think regexp could do that, but I don't know how...

Renato

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[Thorsten Jolitz]

renato.pontefice@gmail.com writes:

> ok, this is a right code:
> #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
> noscenza e competenza, che in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996\charrsid7868964 [-DATE-]}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996  prot }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
> \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996\charrsid13987552 [-TIME-]}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996  Il/la sig
> #+END_EXAMPLE
>
> this is an example with problems
> #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
> noscenza e competenza, che in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996\charrsid7868964 [-DAT{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrchE-]}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996  prot }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
> \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996\charrsid13987552 [-TI
> ME-]}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996  Il/la sig
> #+END_EXAMPLE
>
> In the second example, my variable ([-DATE-] and [-TIME-], are interrupted:
> - in [-DATE-] variable, by rtf code
> - in [-TIME-] variable, by a a line feed
>
> in both example, the parser that try to substituite variable, fails,
> becausae it find some dirty text, between the start [- and the end -]
> of variable.
>
> So I need to detect that occurence.
> The best thing would be to detect JUST the occurence of variable that
> are not well formatted (as in example 1
>
> I think regexp could do that, but I don't know how...

Hmm ... when I start M-x regexp-builder and insert "\\[-[^\000]+?-]",
and then call M-x reb-force-update, all the variables in you post above
are matched. So this seems to work, but try there more profound advice
from Nicolas too.

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[Álvar Ibeas]

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<renato.pontefice@gmail.com> writes:

> ok, this is a right code:
> #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
> noscenza e competenza, che in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996\charrsid7868964 [-DATE-]}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996  prot }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
> \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996\charrsid13987552 [-TIME-]}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996  Il/la sig
> #+END_EXAMPLE
>
> this is an example with problems
> #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
> noscenza e competenza, che in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996\charrsid7868964 [-DAT{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrchE-]}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996  prot }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
> \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996\charrsid13987552 [-TI
> ME-]}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \f40\fs22\insrsid15731996  Il/la sig
> #+END_EXAMPLE
>
> In the second example, my variable ([-DATE-] and [-TIME-], are interrupted:
> - in [-DATE-] variable, by rtf code
> - in [-TIME-] variable, by a a line feed
>
> in both example, the parser that try to substituite variable, fails, becausae it find some dirty text, between the start [- and the end -] of variable.
>
> So I need to detect that occurence.
> The best thing would be to detect JUST the occurence of variable that are not well formatted (as in example 1
>
> I think regexp could do that, but I don't know how...
>
> Renato

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[Nicolas Richard]

renato.pontefice@gmail.com writes:
> I would have a regexp that show me any occurence of this tag, where i.e.:
> - there are open tag [-
> - name of variable [-VARIABLENAME
>  but the close tag -] are after a line break

Do you really need to do it with a regexp ? Here's some lisp to search
for all these problematic tags.

(while (and (not (eobp)) (search-forward "[-" nil t))
  (unless (search-forward "-]" (point-at-eol) 'move)
     (message "Problem found, please fix and hit C-M-c to continue")
     (recursive-edit)))

If you really want a regexp, you could use
(re-search-forward "\\[-\\([^-]\\|-[^]]\\)*\n")

(i.e. match a "[-" not followed by "-]" on the same line)

At the C-M-% prompt, you can enter the regexp as \[-\([^-]\|-[^]]\)* followed by a
litteral newline, i.e. C-q C-j.

HTH,

-- 
Nicolas Richard

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[Nicolas Richard]

(please send followups to the mailing list)

Hi,

Renato Pontefice <renato.pontefice@gmail.com> writes:
> for me could be the same (lisp or regexp), but to use lisp Do I need
> some particular installation?

No, elisp --in this context-- stands for "emacs lisp". Many parts of
emacs are written in that language. Every time you hit some keys, they
in fact run an emacs command, most of which are written in elisp. 

To test the piece of elisp I have shown, simply hit M-: then yank the
code and hit RET. It will act on the buffer you are in at that moment.

-- 
Nicolas Richard

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[Nicolas Richard]

Le 02/09/2014 09:48, Renato Pontefice a écrit :
> wich coul be the elisp code, than check all the tags ([-.....-]), but,
> from the beginning ([-) to the end (-]) find some non capital letter
> (any one)

I did not give it much testing, but I think this should do it:

(while (and (not (eobp)) (search-forward "[-" nil t))
  (skip-chars-forward "A-Z")
  (unless (looking-at "-]")
     (message "Problem found, please fix and hit C-M-c to continue")
     (recursive-edit)))

(I think my previous mail was sent twice, sorry about that.)

-- 
Nicolas.

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[renato.pontefice]

Il giorno martedì 2 settembre 2014 13:03:23 UTC+2, Nicolas Richard ha scritto:
> Le 02/09/2014 09:48, Renato Pontefice a écrit :
> 
> > wich coul be the elisp code, than check all the tags ([-.....-]), but,
> 
> > from the beginning ([-) to the end (-]) find some non capital letter
> 
> > (any one)
> 
> 
> 
> I did not give it much testing, but I think this should do it:
> 
> 
> 
> (while (and (not (eobp)) (search-forward "[-" nil t))
> 
>   (skip-chars-forward "A-Z")
> 
>   (unless (looking-at "-]")
> 
>      (message "Problem found, please fix and hit C-M-c to continue")
> 
>      (recursive-edit)))
> 
> 
> 
> (I think my previous mail was sent twice, sorry about that.)
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Nicolas.

(as rightly said Nicolas, I continue the post on the groups. My last two messages:)

Nicolas...I would not be too hasty..... but it seems to work!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thank you for your help, now Icontinue to try!!!!!

Thanks again

Renato

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[renato.pontefice]

Il giorno mercoledì 3 settembre 2014 11:24:49 UTC+2, renato.p...@gmail.com ha scritto:
> Il giorno martedì 2 settembre 2014 13:03:23 UTC+2, Nicolas Richard ha scritto:
> 
> > Le 02/09/2014 09:48, Renato Pontefice a écrit :
> 
> > 
> 
> > > wich coul be the elisp code, than check all the tags ([-.....-]), but,
> 
> > 
> 
> > > from the beginning ([-) to the end (-]) find some non capital letter
> 
> > 
> 
> > > (any one)
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > I did not give it much testing, but I think this should do it:
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > (while (and (not (eobp)) (search-forward "[-" nil t))
> 
> > 
> 
> >   (skip-chars-forward "A-Z")
> 
> > 
> 
> >   (unless (looking-at "-]")
> 
> > 
> 
> >      (message "Problem found, please fix and hit C-M-c to continue")
> 
> > 
> 
> >      (recursive-edit)))
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > (I think my previous mail was sent twice, sorry about that.)
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> 
> > -- 
> 
> > 
> 
> > Nicolas.
> 
> 
> 
> (as rightly said Nicolas, I continue the post on the groups. My last two messages:)
> 
> 
> 
> Nicolas...I would not be too hasty..... but it seems to work!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> 
> 
> I thank you for your help, now Icontinue to try!!!!!
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks again
> 
> 
> 
> Renato

As I told you before, your code works great. The only things I find that seems not work is:

- when inside the file, there is no error text (\lojkklj\òlllò...)
the cursor, stop him self, at every occurence of [- and I have to press C-M c to reach the end of file.

It could be a good things, that, if there is not any occurence of the error, it arrive at end of file

TIA

Renato

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[Nicolas Richard]

renato.pontefice@gmail.com writes:
> As I told you before, your code works great. The only things I find that seems not work is:
>
> - when inside the file, there is no error text (\lojkklj\òlllò...)
> the cursor, stop him self, at every occurence of [- and I have to press C-M c to reach the end of file.
>
> It could be a good things, that, if there is not any occurence of the error, it arrive at end of file

I guess I misunderstood know what constitutes an error. Could you
provide examples where the code below stops and shouldn't ?

(while (and (not (eobp)) (search-forward "[-" nil t))
  (skip-chars-forward "A-Z")
  (unless (looking-at "-]")
     (message "Problem found, please fix and hit C-M-c to continue")
     (recursive-edit)))

-- 
Nicolas Richard

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[Renato Pontefice]

Il giorno mercoledì 3 settembre 2014 12:47:22 UTC+2, Nicolas Richard ha scritto:
> renato.pontefice@gmail.com writes:
> 
> > As I told you before, your code works great. The only things I find that seems not work is:
> 
> >
> 
> > - when inside the file, there is no error text (\lojkklj\òlllò...)
> 
> > the cursor, stop him self, at every occurence of [- and I have to press C-M c to reach the end of file.
> 
> >
> 
> > It could be a good things, that, if there is not any occurence of the error, it arrive at end of file
> 
> 
> 
> I guess I misunderstood know what constitutes an error. Could you
> 
> provide examples where the code below stops and shouldn't ?
> 
> 
> 
> (while (and (not (eobp)) (search-forward "[-" nil t))
> 
>   (skip-chars-forward "A-Z")
> 
>   (unless (looking-at "-]")
> 
>      (message "Problem found, please fix and hit C-M-c to continue")
> 
>      (recursive-edit)))
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Nicolas Richard

Ok, this file (is an example) has not problem, but when I execute the code, it arrive at the end of file but do not show that is arrived at the endo of file

TIA

Renato

ps
(I send you the file at you email, because I'm unable to send here a file )

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[Nicolas Richard]

Renato Pontefice <renato.pontefice@gmail.com> writes:
> Ok, this file (is an example) has not problem, but when I execute the
> code, it arrive at the end of file but do not show that is arrived at
> the endo of file

As I think I have said by email (I should stop using multiple inboxes, I
can never remember if I did send my answers), here's a snippet which
should do what you want :

(while (and (not (eobp))
            (search-forward "[-" nil 'move)))
  (skip-chars-forward "A-Z")
  (unless (looking-at "-]")
     (message "Problem found, please fix and hit C-M-c to continue")
     (recursive-edit))

i.e. I switched to a non-boolean ('move) NOERROR argument to
search-forward.

HTH,

-- 
Nicolas Richard

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[Renato Pontefice]

Il giorno venerdì 5 settembre 2014 14:02:33 UTC+2, Nicolas Richard ha scritto:
> Renato Pontefice <renato.pontefice@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Ok, this file (is an example) has not problem, but when I execute the
> 
> > code, it arrive at the end of file but do not show that is arrived at
> 
> > the endo of file
> 
> 
> 
> As I think I have said by email (I should stop using multiple inboxes, I
> 
> can never remember if I did send my answers), here's a snippet which
> 
> should do what you want :
> 
> 
> 
> (while (and (not (eobp))
> 
>             (search-forward "[-" nil 'move)))
> 
>   (skip-chars-forward "A-Z")
> 
>   (unless (looking-at "-]")
> 
>      (message "Problem found, please fix and hit C-M-c to continue")
> 
>      (recursive-edit))
> 
> 
> 
> i.e. I switched to a non-boolean ('move) NOERROR argument to
> 
> search-forward.
> 
> 
> 
> HTH,
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Nicolas Richard
Hi Nicolas,
sorry for the delay, these days I have been involved.

this code:
>(while (and (not (eobp))
> 
>             (search-forward "[-" nil 'move)))
> 
>   (skip-chars-forward "A-Z")
> 
>   (unless (looking-at "-]")
> 
>      (message "Problem found, please fix and hit C-M-c to continue")
> 
>      (recursive-edit))

doesn't works :-(

it seems like it does not start search.

what is changed?

TIA

Renato

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[Nicolas Richard]

Renato Pontefice <renato.pontefice@gmail.com> writes:
>>(while (and (not (eobp))
>> 
>>             (search-forward "[-" nil 'move)))
>> 
>>   (skip-chars-forward "A-Z")
>> 
>>   (unless (looking-at "-]")
>> 
>>      (message "Problem found, please fix and hit C-M-c to continue")
>> 
>>      (recursive-edit))
>
> doesn't works :-(
>
> it seems like it does not start search.
>
> what is changed?

Did you try from the beginning of buffer ? (it only searches forward)
IIRC the only thing I changed was use a 'move argument in search-forward
(anything besides t or nil, in fact).

-- 
Nicolas Richard

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[Renato Pontefice]

Il giorno mercoledì 10 settembre 2014 12:01:07 UTC+2, Nicolas Richard ha scritto:
> Renato Pontefice <renato.pontefice@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> >>(while (and (not (eobp))
> 
> >> 
> 
> >>             (search-forward "[-" nil 'move)))
> 
> >> 
> 
> >>   (skip-chars-forward "A-Z")
> 
> >> 
> 
> >>   (unless (looking-at "-]")
> 
> >> 
> 
> >>      (message "Problem found, please fix and hit C-M-c to continue")
> 
> >> 
> 
> >>      (recursive-edit))
> 
> >
> 
> > doesn't works :-(
> 
> >
> 
> > it seems like it does not start search.
> 
> >
> 
> > what is changed?
> 
> 
> 
> Did you try from the beginning of buffer ? (it only searches forward)
> 
> IIRC the only thing I changed was use a 'move argument in search-forward
> 
> (anything besides t or nil, in fact).
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Nicolas Richard

Yes. From the beginning! it give me:
trailing garbage following expression

in that line: "   (search-forward "[-" nil 'move)))"

do the ' character is correct?

Renato

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[Nicolas Richard]

Hello Renato,

Renato Pontefice <renato.pontefice@gmail.com> writes:
> Yes. From the beginning! it give me:
> trailing garbage following expression
>
> in that line: "   (search-forward "[-" nil 'move)))"
>
> do the ' character is correct?

It is. There is however one paren that should be else where. I guess I
copy-pasted too hastily. Here's a corrected version:

(while (and (not (eobp))
            (search-forward "[-" nil 'move))
  (skip-chars-forward "A-Z")
  (unless (looking-at "-]")
    (message "Problem found, please fix and hit C-M-c to continue")
    (recursive-edit)))

-- 
Nicolas Richard

Re: regexp on emacs how to...

[Renato Pontefice]

Il giorno mercoledì 10 settembre 2014 15:52:53 UTC+2, Nicolas Richard ha scritto:
> Hello Renato,
> 
> 
> 
> Renato Pontefice <renato.pontefice@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Yes. From the beginning! it give me:
> 
> > trailing garbage following expression
> 
> >
> 
> > in that line: "   (search-forward "[-" nil 'move)))"
> 
> >
> 
> > do the ' character is correct?
> 
> 
> 
> It is. There is however one paren that should be else where. I guess I
> 
> copy-pasted too hastily. Here's a corrected version:
> 
> 
> 
> (while (and (not (eobp))
> 
>             (search-forward "[-" nil 'move))
> 
>   (skip-chars-forward "A-Z")
> 
>   (unless (looking-at "-]")
> 
>     (message "Problem found, please fix and hit C-M-c to continue")
> 
>     (recursive-edit)))
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Nicolas Richard

Hi Nicolas,
yes...it works...:-(
I see the ' char and I don't see the third parenthesis...:-(

Thank you

Renato