Android Question Regex.Matcher() ...

Dim mat1, mat2 As Matcher
Try
    ' Hebrew/Greek text inside <heb>...</heb>
    mat1 = Regex.Matcher("<heb[^>]*>([^<]+)</heb>", stext)
    ' English gloss text inside <gloss>...</gloss>
    mat2 = Regex.Matcher("<gloss>([^<]+)</gloss>", stext)

    Do While (mat1.Find And mat2.Find)
        ' Concatenate Hebrew/Greek text with corresponding English gloss
        retText = retText & mat1.Group(1) & " <sub> " & mat2.Group(1) & " </sub> "
    Loop

Catch
    Log(LastException)
End Try

Explanation of changes:​

1. For Hebrew/Greek text: The regular expression "<heb[^>]*>([^<]+)</heb>" captures the text inside the <heb> tags. The [^>]* part ensures that any attributes (like onclick, onmouseover) are ignored, and ([^<]+) captures the text between the tags.
2. For English gloss text: The regular expression "<gloss>([^<]+)</gloss>" captures the text inside the <gloss> tags, ensuring only the English text is matched.

Important notes:​

• Ensure that both matchers (mat1 and mat2) are synchronized by running mat1.Find and mat2.Find together in the same loop.
• The mat1.Group(1) and mat2.Group(1) refer to the captured text within the first parentheses of each regex.

sirjo66 said:

try with

B4X:

mat1 = Regex.Matcher("<heb.*?>(.*?)<\/heb>", stext)

or

B4X:

mat1 = Regex.Matcher("<heb[^>]*>([^<]*)<\/heb>", stext)

for english text the correct pattern is

B4X:

mat2 = Regex.Matcher("<gloss>(.*?)<\/gloss>",stext)

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