<div dir="ltr"><br> Did you tried this?<br><br>when<br> $regexp : String() from regexpString<br> $test : Test( name matches $regexp )<br>then<br> // do something<br>end<br><br> []s<br> Edson<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
2008/9/16 Gary Napier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gnapier@cis.strath.ac.uk">gnapier@cis.strath.ac.uk</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi folks,<br>
<br>
I have searched the archives and can't quite find the right way to write this rule, if it's possible.<br>
<br>
<br>
In a nutshell i have a Global Collection of regular expression patterns. I would like a rule to take a single string from a fact and try to match it to any of the saved patterns.<br>
<br>
so i have a basic test harness here to try :<br>
<br>
global Collection regexpString<br>
<br>
rule "Test"<br>
when<br>
$TEST : TEST( NAME _*matches*_ regexpString )<br>
then<br>
System.out.println("working");<br>
end<br>
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The Collections is set outside the engine and contains test inputs of [".* Smith.*",".*-Jones"], and so would match "Dave Smith" or "Rupert Perry-Jones"<br>
<br>
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Can you help me fix the above code in order to do that. I am new to drools and am struggling to get my head around complexities like accumulates and collect(). Would these help?<br>
In the worst case can i create my own function that uses an iterator and java's own regular expression features to do this? (i'm guessing via an Eval)<br>
<br>
Any help or creative criticism of the design would be appreciated,<br>
<br>
Drools 4.07, java6, (recovering JESS addict ;-) )<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
Gary<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br> Edson Tirelli<br> JBoss Drools Core Development<br> JBoss, a division of Red Hat @ <a href="http://www.jboss.com">www.jboss.com</a><br>
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