String replacement not happening - tcl

I am reading line by line from file. In that file I want to replace
#endif statement with comment line as /******/. The following code is not touching that line
while {[gets $in line] !=-1}
{
# if substring #endif is present in the string
if { [regexp {endif} $line] } {
set line [string replace "#endif" 1 7 "/*****/" } $line]
}
}

As #Donal wrote your "string replace" line has several issues - the "} $line" part is a syntax error, for one, and the range you are giving is longer than the string you are looking to replace. Maybe you meant:
set line [string replace ${line} 1 6 "/*****/"]
But that assumes the "#endif" part is hard coded to start from the second character of the line.
I think for what you asked it is simpler to use "regsub":
set line [regsub {#endif} ${line} {/*****/}]

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how to read and and perform calculations on fix point value with tcl

I would like to read this file below with tcl:
BEGIN
%Time (real) HG (real)
!Time HG
-0.000110400001 0.6
-0.000110399901 0.6
-0.000110399801 0.6
-0.000110399701 0.6
-0.000110399601 0.55
-0.000110399501 0.5
-0.000110399401 0.45
-0.000110399301 0.4
-0.000110399201 0.45
-0.000110399101 0.5
-0.000110399001 0.55
-0.000110398901 0.6
For each Time column, i would like to increment by +0.000110400001 and write this result in new file. i would like other column doesn't be modified and copy as such.
I began to coding (see below), i can open and read the value but I don't how to convert string in fix point and make addition on this. If anyone help me that would be nice.
set inVector [lindex $argv 0]
puts "input vector : $inVector"
set filename "resultat.mdf"
set fileId [open $filename "w"]
set PROCESSING_FILE [open "$inVector" r]
while {[eof $PROCESSING_FILE]==0} {
set string [gets $PROCESSING_FILE]
if {[string index $string 3] != "B"} {
if {[string index $string 3] != "%"} {
if {[string index $string 3] != "!"} {
foreach line $string {
puts "input value : $line"
}
} else {
puts $fileId $string
}
} else {
puts $fileId $string
}
} else {
puts $fileId $string
}
}
close $PROCESSING_FILE
close $fileId
For lines with digits on, you could probably read them like this:
scan $string "%f %f" time hg
If that returns 2 (for two fields processed) you've successfully read two (floating point) numbers from that line. Otherwise, the line is something else. This leads to code like this (with some standard line-by-line idioms that must've been written up already in some other question):
# Skipping all the code for opening files
# While we successfully read a line from the input file
while {[gets $PROCESSING_FILE line] >= 0} {
# Attempt to parse two floats (with at least one whitespace between) out of line
if {[scan $line "%f %f" time hg] == 2} {
# Action to take on a matched line
puts "input line: '$line' time:$time HG:$hg"
} else {
# Action to take on an unmatched line
puts $fileId $line
}
}
# Skipping the code for closing files
For files with truly fixed width fields, you use string range to pick out pieces of the line and then attempt to parse those (or you write a messy regular expression and use regexp). Those tend to need more tuning to the data.

How to remove a single letter/number

I have single letters and numbers in a variable that I would like to remove
example inputs:
USA-2019-1-aoiwer
USA-A-jowerasf
BB-a_owierlasdf-2019
flsfwer_5_2015-asfdlwer
desired outputs:
USA-2019--aoiwer
USA--jowerasf
BB-_owierlasdf-2019
flsfwer__2015-asfdlwer
my code:
bind pub "-|-" !aa proc:aa
proc proc:aa { nick host handle channel arg } {
set line [lindex $arg 0]
set line [string map {[a-z] """} $line]
set line [string map {[0-9] """} $line]
putnow "PRIVMSG $channel :$line"
}
Unfortunately that does not work and i have no other idea
Regards
string map would remove all the lowercase letters and numbers, if it worked. However, you also have unbalanced quotes, which causes a syntax error when the proc is resolving.
I would recommend using regsub. The hard part, however, would be to get a proper expression to do the task. I will suggest the following:
bind pub "-|-" !aa proc:aa
proc proc:aa { nick host handle channel arg } {
set line [lindex $arg 0]
regsub -nocase -all {([^a-z0-9]|\y)[a-z0-9]([^a-z0-9]|\y)} $line {\1\2} line
putnow "PRIVMSG $channel :$line"
}
Basically ([^a-z0-9]|\y) matches a character that is non alphanumeric, or a word boundary (which will match at the beginning of a sentence for example if it can, or at the end of a sentence), and stores it (this is the purpose of the parens).
The matched groups are stored in order starting with 1, so in the replace portion of regsub, I'm placing the parts that shouldn't be replaced back where they were.
The above should work fine.
You could technically go a little fancier with a slightly different expression:
regsub -nocase -all {([^a-z0-9]|\y)[a-z0-9](?![a-z0-9])} $line {\1} line
Which uses a negative lookahead ((?! ... )).
Anyway, if you do want to get more in depth, I recommend reading the manual on regular expression syntax

How to delete a part of the text file if a pattern is found matching using tcl?

How can I remove a part of the text file if the pattern I am searching is matched?
eg:
pg_pin (VSS) {
direction : inout;
pg_type : primary_ground;
related_bias_pin : "VBN";
voltage_name : "VSS";
}
leakage_power () {
value : 0;
when : "A1&A2&X";
**related_pg_pin** : VBN;
}
My pattern is related_pg_pin. If this pattern is found i want to remove that particular section(starting from leakage power () { till the closing bracket}).
proc getSection f {
set section ""
set inSection false
while {[gets $f line] >= 0} {
if {$inSection} {
append section $line\n
# find the end of the section (a single right brace, #x7d)
if {[string match \x7d [string trim $line]]} {
return $section
}
} else {
# find the beginning of the section, with a left brace (#x7b) at the end
if {[string match *\x7b [string trim $line]]} {
append section $line\n
set inSection true
}
}
}
return
}
set f [open data.txt]
set g [open output.txt w]
set section [getSection $f]
while {$section ne {}} {
if {![regexp related_pg_pin $section]} {
puts $g $section
}
set section [getSection $f]
}
close $f
close $g
Starting with the last paragraph of the code, we open a file for reading (through the channel $f) and then get a section. (The procedure to get a section is a little bit convoluted, so it goes into a command procedure to be out of the way.) As long as non-empty sections keep coming, we check if the pattern occurs: if not, we print the section to the output file through the channel $g. Then we get the next section and go to the next iteration.
To get a section, first assume we haven't yet seen any part of a section. Then we keep reading lines until the end of the file is found. If a line ending with a left brace is found, we add it to the section and take a note that we are now in a section. From then on, we add every line to the section. If a line consisting of a single right brace is found, we quit the procedure and deliver the section to the caller.
Documentation:
! (operator),
>= (operator),
append,
close,
gets,
if,
ne (operator),
open,
proc,
puts,
regexp,
return,
set,
string,
while,
Syntax of Tcl regular expressions
Syntax of Tcl string matching:
* matches a sequence of zero or more characters
? matches a single character
[chars] matches a single character in the set given by chars (^ does not negate; a range can be given as a-z)
\x matches the character x, even if that character is special (one of *?[]\)
Here's a "clever" way to do it:
proc unknown args {
set body [lindex $args end]
if {[string first "related_pg_pin" $body] == -1} {puts $args}
}
source file.txt
Your data file appears to be Tcl-syntax-compatible, so execute it like a Tcl file, and for unknown commands, check to see if the last argument of the "command" contains the string you want to avoid.
This is clearly insanely risky, but it's fun.

Tcl script to do Indentation

I want to write a tcl script to align my tcl script with proper indentation. For Example if i have a code like :
proc calc { } {
set a 5
set b 10
if {a < b} {
puts "b Greater"
}
}
I need to change like:
proc calc { } {
set a 5
set b 10
if {a < b} {
puts "b Greater"
}
}
Could u guys help on this.
Writing an indenter that handles your example is trivial. A full indenter that can handle most Tcl scripts is going to be very big and quite complicated. An indenter that can handle any Tcl script will have to incorporate a full Tcl interpreter.
This is because Tcl source code is very dynamic: for one thing you can't always just look at the code and know which parts are executing code and which parts are data. Another thing is user-defined control structures, which might change how the code is to be viewed. The example below works by counting braces, but it makes no attempt to distinguish between quoting braces that should increase indentation and quoted braces that should not.
This example is a very simple indenter. It is severely limited and should not be used for serious implementations.
proc indent code {
set res {}
set ind 0
foreach line [split [string trim $code] \n] {
set line [string trim $line]
# find out if the line starts with a closing brace
set clb [string match \}* $line]
# indent the line, with one less level if it starts with a closing brace
append res [string repeat { } [expr {$ind - $clb}]]$line\n
# look through the line to find out the indentation level of the next line
foreach c [split $line {}] {
if {$c eq "\{"} {incr ind}
if {$c eq "\}"} {incr ind -1}
}
}
return $res
}
This will convert your first code example to your second one. Add even a single brace as data somewhere in the code to be indented, though, and the indentation will be off.
Documentation: append, expr, foreach, if, incr, proc, return, set, split, string

How to ensure my regular expression does not match too much

A file has few words with numbers in the begining of them. i want to extract a particular no line.when given 1, it extracts line 1 also with 11, 21
FILE.txt has contents:
1.sample
lines of
2.sentences
present in
...
...
10.the
11.file
when Executed pro 1 file.txt
gives results from line 1,10 and also from line 11
as these three results have 1 in their string. i.e
Output of the script:
1.sample
10.the
11.file
Expected output: the output which i am expecting
is only line 1 contents and not the line 10 or line 11 contents.
i.e
Expected output:
1.sample
My current code:
proc pro { pattern args} {
set file [open $args r]
set lnum 0
set occ 0
while {[gets $file line] >=0} {
incr lnum
if {[regexp $pattern $line]} {
incr occ
puts "The pattern is present in line: $lnum"
puts "$line"
} else {
puts "not found"
}
}
puts "total number of occurencese : $occ"
close $file
}
the program is working fine but the thing is i am retrieving lines that i dont want to along with the expected line. As the number (1) which i want to retrieve is present in the other strings such as 11, 21, 14 etc these lines are also getting printed.
kindly tolerate my unclear way of explaining the question.
You can solve the problem using word boundaries as suggested by glen but you can also consider the following things:
If after every line number there is a . then you can use it as delimiter in regular expression
regexp "^$lineNo\\." $a
I would also suggest to use ^ (match at the beginning of line) so that even if number is present in the line elsewhere it would not get counted.
tcl word boundaries are well explained at http://www.regular-expressions.info/wordboundaries.html
You have to ensure your pattern matches only between word boundaries:
if {[regexp "\\m$pattern\\M" $line]} { ...
See the documentation for regular expression syntax.
If what you're looking to do is as constrained as what you're describing, why not just use something like
if { [string range $line 0 [string length $pattern]] eq "${pattern}." } {
...
}