RegExpSubstitute trouble (again)

[jsmorley]

To demonstrate what I was just talking about, consider this:

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1
AccurateText=1

[Variables]

[MeasureString]
Measure=String
String=The color is red right now

[MeasureReplace]
Measure=String
String=[MeasureString]
DynamicVariables=1
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="red":"blue"

[MeasureExtractRed]
Measure=String
String=[MeasureString]
DynamicVariables=1
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute=".*(red).*":"\1"

[MeasureExtractColor]
Measure=String
String=[MeasureString]
DynamicVariables=1
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="The color is (.*) right now":"\1"

[MeasureReplace] will simply find any occurrence of "red" and replace it with "blue". You end up with:

The color is blue right now

[MeasureExtractRed] will find, but skip and throw away, anything other than "red", anything before or after it, and just return:

red

[MeasureExtractColor] will find the pattern "The color is ", then capture all characters until it sees " right now" and will return:

red

[StArL0rd84]

So i found a example of yours that did work.
And i thank you for going into details and explaining it clearly for me, Learned a lot here.

Perfered the ones with \1, \2, \3 ... in the "Replace with" bit of the Substitute.
Easier to understand the pattern of characters

I will save this thread for when i need to use RegExpSubstitute again.