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Regular expression builder
World as Myth
a breezy way to annoy serious peopleRegistered User regular
a breezy way to annoy serious peopleRegistered User regular
Preface: I am extremely non-techy in this particular area, bear with me.
I have a client who needs an admin tool which allows an average user (i.e., not a Unix nerd) to build a regular expression through a simple, Boolean-style online interface. The user would be taking products from their company's database and adding them into our client's database, and a regular expression is what we're using to strip it of their company's labels and categorize it properly within ours. Building it ourselves is possible, but we're strapped for time, and I'm hoping to find a solution online, though I'm having very little luck. A Google search for "regular expression builder" turns up some utilities for desktop apps, but this needs to be online, so I'm looking for something DHTML- or JavaScript-based.
For example: if a user wants to add shoes from their database into our client's database, we need them to be able to type "clothing" into a text field, choose "AND" from a dropdown (which also has "OR" and "NOT" as options), then type "shoes" into the next field, etc. (probably a maximum of three text fields with a drop-down between each one). Something like the top area of Google's advanced search might work too.
I'm not looking for someone to build it; I'm just wondering if anyone has ever stumbled across something that might help me.
I have a client who needs an admin tool which allows an average user (i.e., not a Unix nerd) to build a regular expression through a simple, Boolean-style online interface. The user would be taking products from their company's database and adding them into our client's database, and a regular expression is what we're using to strip it of their company's labels and categorize it properly within ours. Building it ourselves is possible, but we're strapped for time, and I'm hoping to find a solution online, though I'm having very little luck. A Google search for "regular expression builder" turns up some utilities for desktop apps, but this needs to be online, so I'm looking for something DHTML- or JavaScript-based.
For example: if a user wants to add shoes from their database into our client's database, we need them to be able to type "clothing" into a text field, choose "AND" from a dropdown (which also has "OR" and "NOT" as options), then type "shoes" into the next field, etc. (probably a maximum of three text fields with a drop-down between each one). Something like the top area of Google's advanced search might work too.
I'm not looking for someone to build it; I'm just wondering if anyone has ever stumbled across something that might help me.
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