VS 2010 String Matching?
Jul 22, 2011In javascript I know you can put for instance if date= "2010"* which would do the if for the string if it starts with 2010 but it doesn't matter what comes after that.
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VS 2008 - Check For Most Matching String
Jun 9, 2010I want to check each of the strings in an array (currently in a hashtable, but that shouldn't necessarily matter right?) with the user's input, if the words in each of them match. This might have sounded a little tricky so let me elaborate.
Problem: Comparing an input string with a collection of strings, and know which string in the collection matches the input string the most - based on words. What I'm trying to do here is a chatbot that works with keywords. For example, in the bot script, you could find "HOW ARE YOU" and the response "I am fine." If the user then sends input to this bot, it could look like this: [Code] This may not sound like a tricky thing, but the tricky part comes when I want to know which of the strings (e.g. "HOW ARE YOU") match the input string the most, based on the words.
Matching Text String On First Letter In SQL Query
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In this exmample textData is a string of text and alpha is a single letter a through z or A through Z. I don't need the criteria to be case sensitive, but I do need only the first letter of textData to match alpha. I have tested the LIKE comparator and it does not return all records that begin with alpha.
Return Rows That Have A Matching String To Predefined List?
Jul 8, 20091 within each section of a SplitContainer. The left hand side will be for inputing text that is copied/pasted from a word, excell, or text file.The right hand side would be for my output. What I would like it to do is return just the rows from the left hand side that contain a match to any one of the predifined strings. This will be used to search large lists of company names and circuit IDs and return the rows with matching namesSo far I have the form created, the Splitcontainer in place along with the richtextbox on each side and a submit button at the bottom.
View 12 RepliesSearching Text Box Input For Matching String Values?
Jul 8, 2009I have to scan through documents. Excell, Word, txt, ect looking for company names that match a pre-difined list of companies.I then email the companies some specifics in regards to that doc.The problem I have been having recently is that the list of companies keeps growing and I am starting to miss some more than I used to.What I would like to build is a tiny app that has 2 Text boxes.1 on the left for input (where I would copy/paste) the document text I receive.and one on the right for the output where it will highlight any line that contains the name of any of the pre-defined companies.
I started toying with the idea and so far I have form with a SplitContainer. Within that SplitContainer each side has a TextBox... Below the Textbox on the left hand side splitcontainer I have a submit button with no actions currently assigned to it.
Finding A Matching String From A Partial Search (fuzzy Logic?)
Jul 6, 2011I have a list of names of players and their names in some game. Now an administrator of that game might want to contact one of the players by sending him a message. He does that by writing a command that basically has the format "tell <player> <message>", where <player> is the name of the player.The problem is simple: player names might be quite complicated and long (it's their screen name not their real name), and it would take the admin quite some time to find out how to spell the name exactly and he will probably make a few mistakes. Basically, having the admin type out the exact name is not practical.So I am trying to implement a 'fuzzy logic' search (is that even the correct term?) but with a twist, I guess.The idea is that the admin can type just part of the name and is even allowed to make a couple mistakes. For example, suppose a player has a screen name of "Mr.Smith34", then the admin should be able to type, for example.[code]
The problem now is that there can be absolutely no ambiguity in which player is meant. Instead of sending a message (which is quite harmless) the admin should also be able to 'kick' or ban someone from a game server, banning them from ever playing there again. Obviously, the admin should then not accidently ban a player named "Mrs.Smith" when he meant "Mr.Smith"! My solution (unless someone else can come up with something better) is to just not allow the command if there are multiple matches. If the admin searches for 'smith' and there are multiple names that are similar to 'smith' (maybe even 'sith' or similar) then I disregard that search and tell the admin he needs to try again with a more specific name.(If all else fails he can always look up the ID of the player and use that, which should be foolproof as long as the admin doesn't make a mistake and picks the wrong ID..., but that is even more work it does not have preference).But this brings further problems. The example I just gave might be good: suppose there's a player "Mr.Smith" and a player "Sith". If the admin searches for 'Smith' then there should be no question who he meant (Mr.Smith), but I am sure any fuzzy logic implementation would count Sith as a very close match... Another thing is that my solution of only allowing the search if there is just a single match probably wouldn't work. I have never used fuzzy logic searching before, but I can imagine some names being marked as 'slightly similar' even when they are completely different ('smi' might match 'smith', but also 'ims' perhaps, in which case it would possibly match a whole new range of names), even though 'for humans' it is clear which result is meant.
I am assuming any fuzzy search would return the matches and rate them according to how similar they are to the search term. Perhaps I can choose some kind of cut-off value, where any matches that are less than 30% similar (I've no idea just guessing here) are assumed not equal whereas higher ranked matches are assumed a possible match. Perhaps this makes it easier (perhaps harder, I dunno), but I forgot to mention that the search term cannot contain any spaces. Player screen names can contain spaces though. I am thinking to just strip out the spaces of each name before starting the search, but perhaps there are better solutions in combination with fuzzy searching...
VS 2010 Process.StandardOutput Not Matching?
Dec 26, 2011I'm running a program and reading the command line output, and, when I compare the output I get with the actual output of the program, I'm quite shocked to see that it doesn't actually match up and, sometimes, the text won't even display at all until after the entire process is done [despite using the Asynchronous methods].I'm not sure if I'm doing anything wrong here...I can post the code [it's a rough translation from VB.net to C#, which I can easily translate back], but is there anything I can actually do to fix this issue
View 5 RepliesProgramming Syntax - Searching An Array For A String Matching Input - Visual Basic
Jan 20, 2012I can't figure out the syntax for searching an array of stored words for a string matching an input string. I understand the pseudocode of it, but I'm tripping up over what variables I need to put where, and how they should be formatted. More than happy to provide more details should anyone request them.
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Regex - Matching And Replacing The Contents Of Multiple Overlapping Sets Of Brackets In A String?
Jun 5, 2011I am using vb.net to parse my own basic scripting language, sample below. I am a bit stuck trying to deal with the 2 separate types of nested brackets.
Assuming name = Sam
Assuming timeFormat = hh:mm:ss
Assuming time() is a function that takes a format string but
has a default value and returns a string.
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I could in theory change the syntax of the script completely but I would rather not. It is designed like this to enable strings without quotes because it will be included in an XML file and quotes in that context were getting messy and very prone to errors and readability issues. If this fails I could redesign using something other than quotes to mark out strings but I would rather use this method.
Preferably, unless there is some other way I am not aware of, I would like to do this using regex. I am aware that the standard regex is not really capable of this but I believe this is possible using MatchEvaluators in vb.net and some form of recursion based replacing. However I have not been able to get my head around it for the last day or so, possibly because it is hugely difficult, possibly because I am ill, or possibly because I am plain thick. I do have the following regex for parts of it.
Detecting the parentheses: (w*?)((.*?))(?=[^(+)]*((|$))
Detecting the square brackets: [[(.*?)]](?=[^[+]]*([[|$))
VS 2010 Matching Sentences Arising In The Array?
Sep 14, 2011Please help solve the problem.First, let me describe what I want to feature me of the problem.I Function SPLITyahoomessage () to intercept the statement, the statement should not be captured through the interception.Here I use x () array to the breakpoint.But I say there are two windows in the pm 10:10 swept the first window of the sentence recorded in x (0) in Then x (1) record from the second window of the sentence.Here is a very strange x (0) memory from the sentence.Here are the features I want to achieve
It will break out in the interception of sentence in accordance with the procedure. But the second window x (1) I gradually during the scan, I found that x (1) had memorized the sentence re-enter
SPLITyahoomessage () in the time x (1) into nothing.
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VS 2010 Simple Regex Pattern Matching?
Jul 1, 2011I need an extremely simple regex pattern that matches anything within square brackets [].
Example:
This is a [test] text with [some] [examples].Required results: [test], [some], [examples].I don't want to get rid of the brackets, they should be included in the result (that should make it easier, right?)
If possible I'd like to exlude results that have whitespace in them, so things like [this string] should not be matched. If that gets too hard (probably not, but hey I can't even manage this :S) then I don't really mind, I can always check if the result contains whitespace myself.
I tried a lot of examples I could find online and ones that I could think of myself but none work. Note: I've been testing with the Visual Studio Find dialog (checking to use regular expressions obviously), maybe that's where the problem lies, because I don't really understand why some of these don't work...
Anyway, first thing I tried was simple: match the two brackets and one or more characters in between (that should be a +, right?)
Argument Matching Parameter 'separator' Narrows From 'String' To Ƈ-dimensional Array Of Char'. ERROR?
Dec 28, 2011Argument matching parameter 'separator' narrows from 'String' to Ƈ-dimensional array of Char'. ERROR
View 7 RepliesVB 2010 Make A Matching Game - Random Locations?
Apr 25, 2012I am using Vb 2010 I am trying to make a matching game. My problem is I have picture boxes 16 to be exact. I want each one to randomly go to a certain place I have already picked on the form. That means that I have 16 places already picked and I have made point variables for all 16. I can not seam to randomize the picture boxes to be placed in only those 16 locations.
View 13 RepliesSearching For An "almost" Matching String In Txt File
Nov 28, 2011I am trying to search for a particular string on a *.txt file, while i can do this i want to be able to do it without having to type the exact string.
For example:
if i search "string" i find "string" but not "String" the big letter wrecks the search... anyone knows how to do a search like this?
And i want also to give me an incremental search while i am typing on a list box.
For example:
if i type "s" it appears, sangoku,slb, siemens,sentence,...., string,...
on the listbox. These are words that exist on the *.txt file i am reading.
if i type "st" it appears only string and any other word that starts with "st"
it would be an automatic search without having to press enter, or any search button. Just by pressing the keyboard on the letter we wanted the search would be made.
VS 2010 Matching Date In Access With Date.ToShortDateString?
Oct 23, 2011I have the following SQL string
strSQLString = "SELECT MatchID FROM tblMatch WHERE MatchDate = " & aDate.ToShortDateString.ToString
which gives me the following string:"SELECT MatchID FROM tblMatch WHERE MatchDate = 10/23/2011"
In my DB I have the following record:
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Game Programming :: Make A Matching Card Game In VB 2010 - Show Cards For 10 Secs Then Change Cards To (AppPath & "Cards Ed.png")
Apr 19, 2012I need to make a matching card game in VB 2010. i have generated my cards but now need to show the cards for 10 secs then change the cards to (AppPath & "Cards ed.png"). then when a user clicks on the card the card will flip over.*How would i set a timer to turn all my cards into*(AppPath & "Cards ed.png") after 10 secsbut still have the values from the array and when i click the cards they flip over (from red card to numbered card)
Code:
Private Sub Place()
Dim Counter As Integer = 1
For Row As Integer = 1 To Int_Grid_Size
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VS 2010 String Conversion - EValue Of Type 'String' Cannot Be Converted To 'System.Windows.Forms.TextBox'
Apr 8, 2011I'm trying to code a program but this error repeatedly shows up and I can't for the life of me figure it out EValue of type 'String' cannot be converted to 'System.Windows.Forms.TextBox'. It appears in relation to this code
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Cut And Paste The Matching Value?
May 19, 2009I have a code to read and find match the same value of a text file.This is the code.
Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
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Matching And Writing?
Sep 17, 2009I have two files like this
File one
[2 11.63 39.7] X7.705 Y0.735 209.037
Open -209.037
18N694 P321 117461, 50374 100MIL;
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what i need to do is from file 1 let say my line is like this
[2 11.63 39.7] X7.705 Y0.735 209.037
Open -209.037
18N694 P321 117461, 50374 100MIL;
from the line i must take P321 and match with my File2 if i find the mathing line like this
12N709 11.3611 4.9474 P321 L6 BOTTOM 100MIL 43-CHISEL X11.3611Y4.9474 1922 0
then i must take the value beside P321 which is L6 and write it in my original file like this
[2 11.63 39.7] X7.705 Y0.735 209.037
Open -209.037
18N694 P321 117461, 50374 100MIL; L6
How we can do this. To get the P321 from my file 1 can i use regex pattern like this P*[0-9]. And how to match the regex pattern with file 2 write the content ?
Matching Fingerprint In .net?
Oct 23, 2010How to store fingerprint images in the vb.net and how to match it??"
View 1 RepliesVS 2010 : Search For Column 1 In Text File 1 And Display The Matching Column 2 Field In Column 2 Text File 2?
May 23, 2012I have two text files, the first text file has two columns separated by a space (" ") and the second text file only has one column.
The column 1 in text file 1 and text file 2 match albeit in different order, what I'm trying to achieve is for every field in column 1 text file 2 I want to search for column 1 in text file 1 and display the matching column 2 field in column 2 text file 2.
Dim*OpenTextFile*As*String*= IO.Path.Combine("C:Test1.txt")
Dim*OpenTextFile2*As*String*= IO.Path.Combine("C:Test2.txt")
Dim*SaveTextFile*As*String*= IO.Path.Combine("C:Test2.txt")
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VS 2010 : Secure String To Normal String?
Feb 22, 2011I'm developing a TextBox Component that is suited for handling passwords. I was using A string Builder to hold the password But now I discovered the Secure String! It is Perfect for what I want to do except one Problem! How do you get it back to a normal string! I've heard you can convert it to a BSTR and then use windows API to read the memory location and convert that to a string.
View 2 RepliesVS 2010 Find String Within String = Cant Be Found?
Apr 28, 2011I was trying to do a simiple, fine a string start position, or a string, and it always returns 0
Dim My_Search_String As String
Dim My_Text As String
My_Search_String = "fsl fwb fcb"
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.Net And PHP Rijndael Encryption Not Matching?
Sep 12, 2011At first i thought it was the padding since mcrypt uses zero padding but i changed the php to use PKCS7 and get the same exact results.I think it has something to do with the padding in the php.Test output from .Net:
Key: d88f92e4fa27f6d45b49446c7fc76976
Text: Testing123
Encrypted: /DMkj7BL9Eu2LMxKhdGT+A==[code]......
Code For Pattern Matching?
Apr 22, 2009I have text like following example
XXZZXXXZXXZXXXXZZZZZZXVVVVVXZVZ
and also I have two patterns like XX and ZZ I want to find longest possible string which include above given two patterns and return starting and finishing index of the array.
Combo Box Matching Text?
Nov 29, 2011In VB6 datacombobox there was a property that you could set that filtered the item list as you typed in the combo box (extended matching I think it was called) so that as the user typed more characters in the box the filtering progressively narrowed down the number of items in the list.The .net control does not seem to have this facility, or does it?Do we have to programatically do it now?
View 7 RepliesFind A Matching Line ?
Aug 19, 2009Have text file with two parts
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The upper part and the part after the line *+*+* Top *+*+*. What i must do is i must read the value in () at the Top part and compare that value with value in [] from upper part and write it side by side
This is my code so far:
Private Function GetLineMatch(ByRef LineToMatch As String, ByVal LineNumber As Integer, ByVal FileContents() As String) As String
Dim value As String = System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Match(LineToMatch, "([d
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If u see the highlighted value are same. But from top part when it read (2 13.50 26.3)it only matches for one time the value in [2 13.50 26.3] so it take the first line and write and iqnore the second line.
Find A Matching Line?
Aug 19, 2009I have text file with two parts
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If u see the highlighted value are same. But from top part when it read (2 13.50 26.3)it only matches for one time the value in [2 13.50 26.3] so it take the first line and write and iqnore the second line
Finding A Matching And Replacing The Value?
Oct 21, 2009i have 2 groups of text in my text file
Bottom
11.0 28 Red (2 13.10 04.0) [1 16.71 33.3] 130611 2948 229111 28275
6.5 28 Blue (2 03.00 03.0) [1 05.36 58.3] 132111 -67725 191611 -51225
2.0 28 Blue (1 05.36 45.3) [1 05.36 58.3] 211111 51225 210454 34691
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Matching Fields In A Database
Dec 21, 2009In a table I have news posts with these fields:
Title
Content
OwnerID
The OwnerID relates to the ID in the users table, how can I get the name of the user who's ID matches the OwnerID? I'm writing a website in ASP.net (VB).