Need help converting a tekst

[tilt]

Im trying to replace a few words in a text.

$convert = "
Full Tilt Poker Game #13864648535: $110 + $5 Heads Up Sit & Go (102264740), Table 1 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold\'em - 21:01:44 ET - 2009/08/06
Seat 1: Oneword (1,785)
Seat 2: Two Words (1,215)
Oneword posts the small blind of 15
Two Words posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Oneword [6s 8s]
Oneword raises to 60
Two Words raises to 210
Oneword calls 150
*** FLOP *** [7s 9s 7c]
Two Words bets 270
Oneword raises to 1,575, and is all in
Two Words calls 735, and is all in
Oneword shows [6s 8s]
Two Words shows [Ad 2s]
Uncalled bet of 570 returned to Oneword
*** TURN *** [7s 9s 7c] [Qs]
*** RIVER *** [7s 9s 7c Qs] [5s]
Oneword shows a straight flush, Nine high
";

 

I need to determin who is in seat #1 to #10.

The names between : and ( could be anything. But they're always between : and ( so I need some help with a synthax to determine that in vars like:

 

$seat1 =
$seat2 =
$seat3 =
$seat4 =
$seat5 =
$seat6 =
$seat7 =
$seat8 =
$seat9 =
$seat10 = 

 

There not always 10 seats. I need to fill the seats till how many seats there are.

 

Could some1 point me in the right direction? What synthax can I use to determine the above?

 

[JonnoTheDev]

Add the following under your $convert string

<?php
preg_match_all('/Seat ([0-9]+):\\ (.*)\\ \\(/', $convert, $result, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);
$seats 	 = $result[1];
$players = $result[2];
for($x = 0; $x < count($result[0]); $x++) {
print "Seat ".$seats[$x].": ".$players[$x]."<br />";
}
?>

[tilt]

Wow thanks for the fast reply. It works.

 

I have the seats & players in vars now. Now I've got another question.

 

I need $button to have the number at the end of this line

The button is in seat #1

$button = 1

 

And I need $mainplayer to have the name in this line:

Dealt to Oneword [6s 8s]

$mainplayer = Oneword

the name is always in between "to" and "[". And this line will be in $convert always one time.

 

Should this be done with the same syntax? Or is it easy-er with some other synthax?

 

I appreciate that u provided me with a piece of code (which I dont fully understand(yet)). I would be also happy if I was pushed in the right direction, im not lazy to google. I just dont know where to start searching :/

 

 

[JonnoTheDev]

Ok, it is all done using regular expression pattern matching

preg_match_all('/Seat ([0-9]+):\\ (.*)\\ \\(/'

Everything you see within () is known as a backreference i.e. ([0-9]+) (.*) and captures that piece of data.

 

My advice is get a copy of regexbuddy. This will allow you to build and test regular expressions before putting into your code. It is an essential tool for programmers.

http://www.regexbuddy.com/

 

[tilt]

Thanks.

 

Can u explain what the : and / and \ and \\ and (.*) do in:

preg_match_all('/Seat ([0-9]+):\\ (.*)\\ \\(/', $convert, $result, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);

 

 

 

 

If I understand correctly I can make something like

preg_match_all('The button is in seat #\\ (.*)\\ \\/', $convert, $result, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);

(not sure because I dont know what all the slashes do)

 

and

 

preg_match_all('Dealt to \\ (.*)\\ \\[/', $convert, $result, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);

 

And I dont need a For construction because there's always only 1 line.

The word I need will be in $result..Am i right?

[JonnoTheDev]

/ is an indicator that there is a regular expression between both start and end /

\\ are escape characters (same as escaping quotes in strings) for escaping special characters

.* matches any character except a line break

() create a back reference to capture the portion of the string in the returned array

 

Try your expressions out. This is why I highly recommend Regexbuddy as you can test them out on your string rather than modifying them in your source code if incorrect.

[tilt]

Thanks alot for your help I figured it out, it works. Can U confirm if these are the right ways?:

 

 

preg_match_all('/Dealt to\\ (.*)\\ \\[/', $convert, $result2, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);
$hero     = $result2[1];
for($x = 0; $x < count($result2[0]); $x++) {
   print "$hero[$x]";
}

 

preg_match_all('/The button is in seat #(.*)/', $convert, $result3, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);
$button     = $result3[1];
for($x = 0; $x < count($result3[0]); $x++) {
   print "$button[$x]";
}

[JonnoTheDev]

The button is in seat #(.*)

Don't use * for everything. If a number is expected then use ([0-9]+)