(solved) Need some help with regex

[alexks_101]

Hello, I'm finally updating my own custom skins created 3 years ago

I'm adding some HWinfo stuff but I'm struggling with regex.
Tried several things, but I can't get rid of this:

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 (MS-7A34) (Nuvoton NCT6795D)

It's for my motherboard name which is "MSI B350 PC MATE (MS-7A34) (Nuvoton NCT6795D)".

I'm pretty sure you guys will answer "oh that's obvious, just put <snippet>"

Thanks!

[balala]

Me at least, didn't understand what is the question. Some details would be great.

[alexks_101]

What I mean is that instead of "MSI B350 PC MATE (MS-7A34) (Nuvoton NCT6795D)" for the motherboard name I just want "MSI B350 PC MATE", using a regex substitution. This stuff is displayed with HWinfo plugin.

[balala]

What I mean is that instead of "MSI B350 PC MATE (MS-7A34) (Nuvoton NCT6795D)" for the motherboard name I just want "MSI B350 PC MATE", using a regex substitution. This stuff is displayed with HWinfo plugin.

Ok, add the following two options to the measure which returns the string:

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RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="^(.*) \(.*\) \(.*\)$":"\1"

[alexks_101]

Thank you, it works

Another one sorry, what should I do to have "ST1000DM010-2EP102" instead of "Drive: ST1000DM010-2EP102 (Z9AG4E2F)"?
I'm able to remove the "Drive:" but can't get rid of the " (Z9AG4E2F)".

Regex is just a nightmare for me, I can't stand it, I remember when I had to tweak some htaccess files

[balala]

Another one sorry, what should I do to have "ST1000DM010-2EP102" instead of "Drive: ST1000DM010-2EP102 (Z9AG4E2F)"?
I'm able to remove the "Drive:" but can't get rid of the " (Z9AG4E2F)".

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RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="^Drive: (.*) \(.*\)$":"\1"

What is important is to keep in mind that the parenthesis are reserves characters in regular expressions and as such, you have to escape them, using a backslash (\). That's why I put a such character in both posted substitutions, before the parenthesis which exist in the expression.

Regex is just a nightmare for me, I can't stand it, I remember when I had to tweak some htaccess files

For all of us, especially at the beginning.

[alexks_101]

Thanks

Yeah I know about escaping characters, but the problem regarding regex is the whole syntax.
And I must be dumb because I'm used to programming languages and other related stuff.

Thank you again, have a nice day!

[balala]

but the problem regarding regex is the whole syntax.
And I must be dumb because I'm used to programming languages and other related stuff.

I'm glad if I helped.
No, you're not dumb at all, but the regular expressions have a logic which have to get used to. Probably a programming language background can help, but you have to invest an effort to get used to it.