{"id":126,"date":"2018-03-07T12:48:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T11:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartlux.com\/sdl\/?p=126"},"modified":"2019-04-17T04:19:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T02:19:30","slug":"version-0-4-with-custom-regular-expressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartlux.com\/sdl\/version-0-4-with-custom-regular-expressions\/","title":{"rendered":"Version 0.4.0 (custom regular expressions)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simple Data Logger just became significantly more powerful (and useful): You can now modify the regular expression<\/a> used to match and capture data.<\/p>\n

This is best explained with an example. Let’s say your scale sends the following data every time you press the print button:<\/p>\n

Balance ID: 8336507294\r\nBalance Type: STX421\r\nBalance Name: Scout\r\nUser Name:\r\nProject Name:\r\nWeighing\r\nSample Name: OBJECT 1\r\n123.4 g<\/span>\r\nGross: 123.4 g G\r\nNet: 123.4 g N\r\nTare: 0.0 g T\r\nSignature:____________\r\nVerified By:____________<\/pre>\n
However, you actually only want to record the net weight<\/span>. This can now be achieved in SDL by clicking on the customize<\/strong> button in the device<\/strong> tab:<\/p>\n
\"Capture<\/a><\/p>\n
Adding “Net:\\s*” ahead of the original regular expression ensures that only lines where these characters appear before the weight are matched. SDL then uses a capturing group (subexpression) to capture the numeric value (weight).<\/p>\n
SDL always captures the data matched by the first subexpression. You must therefore include a subexpression (in parentheses) in your regular expression.<\/div>\n
For further information, please read this blog post describing the same functionality of our 232key software<\/a>.<\/p>\n
We’ve also made the links in SDL clickable and made sure that user settings are automatically transferred after updating.<\/p>\n
Finally, we’ve relaunched our website, making it significantly more interactive (try it out and leave a comment below). We’ve also moved it from simpledatalogger.com to smartlux.com\/sdl<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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