Wildcard characters in Inno Setup (test if there is any value after fixed string prefix)
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Is there some wildcard characters for Inno Setup? I am trying to go through string and if there is some value that I'm searching for, the program should return 1 (I'm using Pos() function that already does what I need), but my problem here is that the part of string that I'm searching for is not static, so I need some wildcard character like * that can replace one or more characters.
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Is there some wildcard characters for Inno Setup? I am trying to go through string and if there is some value that I'm searching for, the program should return 1 (I'm using Pos() function that already does what I need), but my problem here is that the part of string that I'm searching for is not static, so I need some wildcard character like * that can replace one or more characters.
inno-setup pascalscript
edited Nov 20 at 12:02
Martin Prikryl
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asked Nov 20 at 9:46
Petar
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Do you mean that you want a pattern likeaaa*bbb? - I.e. you want to test if a string contains bothaaaandbbb- in that order.
– Martin Prikryl
Nov 20 at 10:22
No, I want to check if there are any characters after some part of string inside that string. For example, if the string isListing connections...guest 127.0.0.1, I want to check if there is something afterListing connections..., and thisguest 127.0.0.1wont be static, it might change, and in case that it changes I want to check if there is anything after that first part of the string.
– Petar
Nov 20 at 10:28
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Is there some wildcard characters for Inno Setup? I am trying to go through string and if there is some value that I'm searching for, the program should return 1 (I'm using Pos() function that already does what I need), but my problem here is that the part of string that I'm searching for is not static, so I need some wildcard character like * that can replace one or more characters.
inno-setup pascalscript
edited Nov 20 at 12:02
Martin Prikryl
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asked Nov 20 at 9:46
Petar
628
Is there some wildcard characters for Inno Setup? I am trying to go through string and if there is some value that I'm searching for, the program should return 1 (I'm using Pos() function that already does what I need), but my problem here is that the part of string that I'm searching for is not static, so I need some wildcard character like * that can replace one or more characters.
inno-setup pascalscript
inno-setup pascalscript
edited Nov 20 at 12:02
Martin Prikryl
84.6k22163353
asked Nov 20 at 9:46
Petar
628
edited Nov 20 at 12:02
Martin Prikryl
84.6k22163353
asked Nov 20 at 9:46
Petar
628
edited Nov 20 at 12:02
Martin Prikryl
84.6k22163353
edited Nov 20 at 12:02
Martin Prikryl
84.6k22163353
edited Nov 20 at 12:02
Martin Prikryl
84.6k22163353
84.6k22163353
asked Nov 20 at 9:46
Petar
628
asked Nov 20 at 9:46
Petar
628
asked Nov 20 at 9:46
Petar
628
628
Do you mean that you want a pattern likeaaa*bbb? - I.e. you want to test if a string contains bothaaaandbbb- in that order.
– Martin Prikryl
Nov 20 at 10:22
No, I want to check if there are any characters after some part of string inside that string. For example, if the string isListing connections...guest 127.0.0.1, I want to check if there is something afterListing connections..., and thisguest 127.0.0.1wont be static, it might change, and in case that it changes I want to check if there is anything after that first part of the string.
– Petar
Nov 20 at 10:28
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Do you mean that you want a pattern likeaaa*bbb? - I.e. you want to test if a string contains bothaaaandbbb- in that order.
– Martin Prikryl
Nov 20 at 10:22
No, I want to check if there are any characters after some part of string inside that string. For example, if the string isListing connections...guest 127.0.0.1, I want to check if there is something afterListing connections..., and thisguest 127.0.0.1wont be static, it might change, and in case that it changes I want to check if there is anything after that first part of the string.
– Petar
Nov 20 at 10:28
Do you mean that you want a pattern like
aaa*bbb? - I.e. you want to test if a string contains both aaa and bbb - in that order.– Martin Prikryl
Nov 20 at 10:22
Do you mean that you want a pattern like
aaa*bbb? - I.e. you want to test if a string contains both aaa and bbb - in that order.– Martin Prikryl
Nov 20 at 10:22
No, I want to check if there are any characters after some part of string inside that string. For example, if the string is
Listing connections...guest 127.0.0.1 , I want to check if there is something after Listing connections... , and this guest 127.0.0.1 wont be static, it might change, and in case that it changes I want to check if there is anything after that first part of the string.– Petar
Nov 20 at 10:28
No, I want to check if there are any characters after some part of string inside that string. For example, if the string is
Listing connections...guest 127.0.0.1 , I want to check if there is something after Listing connections... , and this guest 127.0.0.1 wont be static, it might change, and in case that it changes I want to check if there is anything after that first part of the string.– Petar
Nov 20 at 10:28
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There's no pattern matching functionality in Inno Setup Pascal Script.
But you can use a function like this:
function AnythingAfterPrefix(S: string; Prefix: string): Boolean;
begin
Result :=
(Copy(S, 1, Length(Prefix)) = Prefix) and
(Length(S) > Length(Prefix));
end;
And use it like:
if AnythingAfterPrefix(S, 'Listing connections...') then
You may want to add TrimRight to ignore trailing spaces:
if AnythingAfterPrefix(TrimRight(S), 'Listing connections...') then
answered Nov 20 at 10:40
Martin Prikryl
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Thanks @Martin Prikryl, the king of Inno Setup on Stack Overflow. :)
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There's no pattern matching functionality in Inno Setup Pascal Script.
But you can use a function like this:
function AnythingAfterPrefix(S: string; Prefix: string): Boolean;
begin
Result :=
(Copy(S, 1, Length(Prefix)) = Prefix) and
(Length(S) > Length(Prefix));
end;
And use it like:
if AnythingAfterPrefix(S, 'Listing connections...') then
You may want to add TrimRight to ignore trailing spaces:
if AnythingAfterPrefix(TrimRight(S), 'Listing connections...') then
answered Nov 20 at 10:40
Martin Prikryl
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Thanks @Martin Prikryl, the king of Inno Setup on Stack Overflow. :)
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Nov 20 at 10:55
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There's no pattern matching functionality in Inno Setup Pascal Script.
But you can use a function like this:
function AnythingAfterPrefix(S: string; Prefix: string): Boolean;
begin
Result :=
(Copy(S, 1, Length(Prefix)) = Prefix) and
(Length(S) > Length(Prefix));
end;
And use it like:
if AnythingAfterPrefix(S, 'Listing connections...') then
You may want to add TrimRight to ignore trailing spaces:
if AnythingAfterPrefix(TrimRight(S), 'Listing connections...') then
answered Nov 20 at 10:40
Martin Prikryl
84.6k22163353
Thanks @Martin Prikryl, the king of Inno Setup on Stack Overflow. :)
– Petar
Nov 20 at 10:55
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up vote
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There's no pattern matching functionality in Inno Setup Pascal Script.
But you can use a function like this:
function AnythingAfterPrefix(S: string; Prefix: string): Boolean;
begin
Result :=
(Copy(S, 1, Length(Prefix)) = Prefix) and
(Length(S) > Length(Prefix));
end;
And use it like:
if AnythingAfterPrefix(S, 'Listing connections...') then
You may want to add TrimRight to ignore trailing spaces:
if AnythingAfterPrefix(TrimRight(S), 'Listing connections...') then
answered Nov 20 at 10:40
Martin Prikryl
84.6k22163353
There's no pattern matching functionality in Inno Setup Pascal Script.
But you can use a function like this:
function AnythingAfterPrefix(S: string; Prefix: string): Boolean;
begin
Result :=
(Copy(S, 1, Length(Prefix)) = Prefix) and
(Length(S) > Length(Prefix));
end;
And use it like:
if AnythingAfterPrefix(S, 'Listing connections...') then
You may want to add TrimRight to ignore trailing spaces:
if AnythingAfterPrefix(TrimRight(S), 'Listing connections...') then
answered Nov 20 at 10:40
Martin Prikryl
84.6k22163353
answered Nov 20 at 10:40
Martin Prikryl
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answered Nov 20 at 10:40
Martin Prikryl
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answered Nov 20 at 10:40
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Thanks @Martin Prikryl, the king of Inno Setup on Stack Overflow. :)
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Thanks @Martin Prikryl, the king of Inno Setup on Stack Overflow. :)
– Petar
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Thanks @Martin Prikryl, the king of Inno Setup on Stack Overflow. :)
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Thanks @Martin Prikryl, the king of Inno Setup on Stack Overflow. :)
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Do you mean that you want a pattern like
aaa*bbb? - I.e. you want to test if a string contains bothaaaandbbb- in that order.– Martin Prikryl
Nov 20 at 10:22
No, I want to check if there are any characters after some part of string inside that string. For example, if the string is
Listing connections...guest 127.0.0.1, I want to check if there is something afterListing connections..., and thisguest 127.0.0.1wont be static, it might change, and in case that it changes I want to check if there is anything after that first part of the string.– Petar
Nov 20 at 10:28