Grammar - not working as required...

[smcpoland]

Hi there,

I'm not good at RegExp so apologies...

I have two xml files as follows:

file 1:

<process:MainProcess xmi:id="_a3oIEP7bEeSTxYPbYBfHpQ" name="XXX010101"
<elements xmi:type="no:relevant" xmi:id="_a3oIEP7bEeSTxYPbYBfHpQ"
etc.

file 2;

<process:MainProcess xmi:id="_zDewoBLTEeaBiNEICZdcCA" name="XXX010301"
<elements xmi:type="no:relevant" xmi:id="_zDewoBLTEeaBiNEICZdcCA"
etc.

I've created a new File Format and a new Grammar Rule as follows:

[xmi:id="\.23"] Category: Basic RegExp is ticked

and what I'm looking for is that the strings xmi:id="changingString" to be shown not in blue but black.

When Session Settings are marked as Importance=Ticked.

Differences are shown correctly in Red, but the xmi:ids are marked as Red and Blue (not ignored) and
name="XXX010101 is marked as different from name="XXX010301 with the three in red

When Session Settings are marked as UnImportant=Unticked.

Differences everything (xmi:id="changingString") is marked in Blue and
name="XXX010101 is not marked as different from name="XXX010301, they are both Black when the three should be Red

If I change the Grammar Rule as follows:

[xmi:id="\w23"] Category: Basic RegExp is ticked

the same thing happens.

So my question is:

How do I correctly, using the above texts as examples, isolate the only difference as being the 1 and 3 in XXX010101 and XXX010301, ignoring (black) everything in the xmi:id="changingString" ? I don't want any blue...just black and red.

Many thanks and best regards
Seán

[Aaron]

Hello,

If you need a grammar to match only on xml:id" to " and mark it as Unimportant, then mark everything else as Important:
Create a new grammar, named XMLID, and define it as a Basic =
xmi:id="[^"]*"
With Regular Expression enabled

This would match on:
the literal text of xml:id="
[^"]* 0 ore more Not Quote characters
the literal "
This way, the center doesn't grab too much or multiple "'s, and will end on the first " it finds.

Once defined, XMLID can be marked as Unimportant. Unimportant differences are Blue and are still considered Different until you also enable to the toolbar toggle: Ignore Unimportant Differences.
The toggle will change any Blue text to Black and treat it as equal for the comparison.

[smcpoland]

That worked a treat once I figured out I needed to check Everything Else. Many thanks for this

regards