EDIFACT - Regex rules with variable possible?

[klecocq]

Hi everyone,

I'm currently working for a POC including the Beyond Compare Version 4.
I would like to prove that this tools is compatible with the EDIFACT standard, and that we will be able to use it for mass files and folder testing.

I have setup a session for EDIFACT file comparaison, and I have created some Rules.
The process is ok, and it's working fine.

I can compare those two lines and ignore the differences without any issues:
Ref: DTM+137:20171022:102'
ToCompare: DTM+137:20171024:102'
Regex: ^DTM\+137.*'

However, I have more difficulties to find something for this one:
Ref: UNZ+1+1058991'
Case 1: UNZ+1+1058992'
Case 2: UNZ+3+1058991'

What I want:
I would like to accept Case 1, because "1058992" is an ID generated for each messages.
I would like to reject Case2, because "3" here isn't the same than "1".
The problem for me is that "1" here, is a variable. If my reference is "3", the result of my compare should reject Case1 and accept Case2.

Any idea how can I reproduce this ?

Thank you and regards,

Kevin

[Chris]

It isn't possible to match on a string while marking only a subset of that string unimportant. If you define a grammar element or unimportant text, the entire matching string is always affected.

As a workaround, you can try matching on just the decimals.

Regex: +\d{7}