I need to split a payload in Node-RED whenever it is longer than a certain number of characters, and after a certain number of decimals.
I am working on a project where a sensor is providing feedback to Node-RED, but it sometimes puts two outputs together, and I can't seem to find a way to split the resulting data into two parts at a position which is not at the decimal point, but a number of digits AFTER the decimal point.
At the moment, I am scrapping the wrong outputs using
if (msg.payload.length < 11){return msg;}
so that only single output results are processed further, while anything else is discarded.
Output can be like 123.4567123.4687 instead of 123.4567and 123.4687.
Note that the problem only occurs sometimes (something like every 100th measurement).
Note that the number of digits BEFORE the decimal point is not necessarily the same every time, so it is not just a matter of splitting after a certain number of digits from the first.
If the number of digits after the decimal point is constant you could use a regular expression to extract the needed values, for example:
var input = "123.4567123.4678";
var results = input.match(/\d+\.\d{4}/g);
results is an array that contains the two values as strings: [ '123.4567', '123.4678' ]
The Regex globally matches one or more digits (\d+) followed by a point (\.) followed by four digits (\d{4})
Related
I have a regEx for checking a number is less than 15 significant figures, Borrowed from this SO answer
/^-?(?=\d{1,15}(?:[.,]0+)?0*$|(?:(?=.{1,16}0*$)(?:\d+[.,]\d+))).+$/
The the other is used to check that same number is upto 2 decimal places(truncate)
/^-?(\d*\.?\d{0,2}).*/
I have almost 0 regex skill.
Question: How do I combine the 2 regexes to do the work of both, AND not just either OR( accomplished by | character - i am not sure if it achieves same function as combining both)
something like:
/^-?(?=\d{1,15}(?:[.,]0+)?0*$|(?:(?=.{1,16}0*$)(?:\d+[.,]\d+))).+$ <AND&&NOTOR>(\d*\.?\d{0,2}).*/
Thanks in advance
EDIT: edit moved to a seperate SO question
If you add only one condition of maximum 2 decimal places to first regex, try this..
^-?(?=\d{1,15}(?:[.,]0+)?0*$|(?:(?=[,.\d]{1,16}0*$)(?:\d+[.,]\d{1,2}$))).+$
Demo,,, in which I only changed original \d+ to d{1,2}$
Edited for the reguest to extract 15 significant figures and capture group 1 ($1). Try this which is wrapped to capture group 1 ($1) and limited 15 significant figures to be extracted easily.
^(-?(?=\d{1,15}(?:[.,]0+)?0*$|(?:(?=[,.\d]{1,16}0*$)(?:\d+[.,]\d{1,2}$))).{1,16}).*$
Demo,,, in which changed to .{1,16} from .+$.
If the number matches, then able to be replaced $1, but if not so, replaced nothing, thus remains original unmatched number.
Therefore, if you want to extract 15 significant figures by replacing with $1 only when your condition is satisfied, try this regex to your function.
^(-?(?=\d{1,15}(?:[.,]0+)?0*$|(?:(?=[,.\d]{1,16}0*$)(?:\d+[.,]\d{1,2}$))).{1,16}).*$|^.*$
Demo,,, in which all numbers are matched, but only the numbers satisfying your condition are captured to $1 in format of 15 significant figures.
I need to be able to take the first 8 digits in a binary number, and save that value to a variable, then save the next 8, and so on. I read this https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Bitwise_Operators on bitwise operations, but didn't see anything about getting a specific digit or set of digits. I suppose I could just AND the number in question with another number that is all zeros except for the digits in question, which would be ones. For instance if the number in question was 10110011010111, and I wanted the first 5 digits, I could do 1000110011010111 & 0000000000011111 which would return 0000000000010111, which would be fine, but if there's a better or more direct way to do this, I would prefer that.
Edit: I'm doing this to be able to store a number as a number in base 256, so I can use color to encode information. I don't need to know the actual ones and zeros in those locations, but what number they would be taken in groups of 8, and saving that number.
You could use splice:
var str = '10110011010111';
var arr = str.split('');
console.log(arr.splice(arr.length - 5, 5).join('')); // prints 10111
I have an user input where user can edit price of something. To leave data consistance I would like to manipulate with that string on front-end site.
What I want to do is:
1234 to 1234.00
12.3 to 12.30
12,3 to 12.30
1234.45 to 1234.45
So basicly,
Replace comma with dots
this should be done easy with somehing like:
str.replace(',', '.');
Add dots if number if not decimal and also always change number of digits on two(so add 0 if needed)
I try to do something like:
priceByUser = priceByUser.replace(/^\d*\.?\d*$/, "$1\.00");
unfortunately this really doesnt even work as I expected.
Is there a chance someone can help me to solve this issue?
Thanks
You could consider using a regular expression to replace your commas and periods with just decimal points and then parse the values as floats via parseFloat() then finally, use the toFixed(2) function to indicate that you want two decimal places :
// This will clean up your input (consolidating periods and commas), parse the result
// as a floating point number and then format that number to two decimal places
priceByUser = parseFloat(priceByUser.replace(/,/g,'.')).toFixed(2);
If you wanted an extra-level of validation, you could consider stripping out any non-digit or decimal places after this occurs :
// Sanitize
priceByUser = priceByUser.replace(/,/g,'.').replace(/[^\d\.]/g,'');
// Parse and format
priceByUser = Number(priceByUser).toFixed(2);
Example
You can see a working example here and and example of input/output below :
i need a regular expression for decimal/float numbers like 12 12.2 1236.32 123.333 and +12.00 or -12.00 or ...123.123... for using in javascript and jQuery.
Thank you.
Optionally match a + or - at the beginning, followed by one or more decimal digits, optional followed by a decimal point and one or more decimal digits util the end of the string:
/^[+-]?\d+(\.\d+)?$/
RegexPal
The right expression should be as followed:
[+-]?([0-9]*[.])?[0-9]+
this apply for:
+1
+1.
+.1
+0.1
1
1.
.1
0.1
Here is Python example:
import re
#print if found
print(bool(re.search(r'[+-]?([0-9]*[.])?[0-9]+', '1.0')))
#print result
print(re.search(r'[+-]?([0-9]*[.])?[0-9]+', '1.0').group(0))
Output:
True
1.0
If you are using mac, you can test on command line:
python -c "import re; print(bool(re.search(r'[+-]?([0-9]*[.])?[0-9]+', '1.0')))"
python -c "import re; print(re.search(r'[+-]?([0-9]*[.])?[0-9]+', '1.0').group(0))"
You can check for text validation and also only one decimal point validation using isNaN
var val = $('#textbox').val();
var floatValues = /[+-]?([0-9]*[.])?[0-9]+/;
if (val.match(floatValues) && !isNaN(val)) {
// your function
}
This is an old post but it was the top search result for "regular expression for floating point" or something like that and doesn't quite answer _my_ question. Since I worked it out I will share my result so the next person who comes across this thread doesn't have to work it out for themselves.
All of the answers thus far accept a leading 0 on numbers with two (or more) digits on the left of the decimal point (e.g. 0123 instead of just 123) This isn't really valid and in some contexts is used to indicate the number is in octal (base-8) rather than the regular decimal (base-10) format.
Also these expressions accept a decimal with no leading zero (.14 instead of 0.14) or without a trailing fractional part (3. instead of 3.0). That is valid in some programing contexts (including JavaScript) but I want to disallow them (because for my purposes those are more likely to be an error than intentional).
Ignoring "scientific notation" like 1.234E7, here is an expression that meets my criteria:
/^((-)?(0|([1-9][0-9]*))(\.[0-9]+)?)$/
or if you really want to accept a leading +, then:
/^((\+|-)?(0|([1-9][0-9]*))(\.[0-9]+)?)$/
I believe that regular expression will perform a strict test for the typical integer or decimal-style floating point number.
When matched:
$1 contains the full number that matched
$2 contains the (possibly empty) leading sign (+/-)
$3 contains the value to the left of the decimal point
$5 contains the value to the right of the decimal point, including the leading .
By "strict" I mean that the number must be the only thing in the string you are testing.
If you want to extract just the float value out of a string that contains other content use this expression:
/((\b|\+|-)(0|([1-9][0-9]*))(\.[0-9]+)?)\b/
Which will find -3.14 in "negative pi is approximately -3.14." or in "(-3.14)" etc.
The numbered groups have the same meaning as above (except that $2 is now an empty string ("") when there is no leading sign, rather than null).
But be aware that it will also try to extract whatever numbers it can find. E.g., it will extract 127.0 from 127.0.0.1.
If you want something more sophisticated than that then I think you might want to look at lexical analysis instead of regular expressions. I'm guessing one could create a look-ahead-based expression that would recognize that "Pi is 3.14." contains a floating point number but Home is 127.0.0.1. does not, but it would be complex at best. If your pattern depends on the characters that come after it in non-trivial ways you're starting to venture outside of regular expressions' sweet-spot.
Paulpro and lbsweek answers led me to this:
re=/^[+-]?(?:\d*\.)?\d+$/;
>> /^[+-]?(?:\d*\.)?\d+$/
re.exec("1")
>> Array [ "1" ]
re.exec("1.5")
>> Array [ "1.5" ]
re.exec("-1")
>> Array [ "-1" ]
re.exec("-1.5")
>> Array [ "-1.5" ]
re.exec(".5")
>> Array [ ".5" ]
re.exec("")
>> null
re.exec("qsdq")
>> null
For anyone new:
I made a RegExp for the E scientific notation (without spaces).
const floatR = /^([+-]?(?:[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?|\.[0-9]+)(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?)$/;
let str = "-2.3E23";
let m = floatR.exec(str);
parseFloat(m[1]); //=> -2.3e+23
If you prefer to use Unicode numbers, you could replace all [0-9] by \d in the RegExp.
And possibly add the Unicode flag u at the end of the RegExp.
For a better understanding of the pattern see https://regexper.com/.
And for making RegExp, I can suggest https://regex101.com/.
EDIT: found another site for viewing RegExp in color: https://jex.im/regulex/.
EDIT 2: although op asks for RegExp specifically you can check a string in JS directly:
const isNum = (num)=>!Number.isNaN(Number(num));
isNum("123.12345678E+3");//=> true
isNum("80F");//=> false
converting the string to a number (or NaN) with Number()
then checking if it is NOT NaN with !Number.isNaN()
If you want it to work with e, use this expression:
[+-]?[0-9]+([.][0-9]+)?([eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?
Here is a JavaScript example:
var re = /^[+-]?[0-9]+([.][0-9]+)?([eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$/;
console.log(re.test('1'));
console.log(re.test('1.5'));
console.log(re.test('-1'));
console.log(re.test('-1.5'));
console.log(re.test('1E-100'));
console.log(re.test('1E+100'));
console.log(re.test('.5'));
console.log(re.test('foo'));
Here is my js method , handling 0s at the head of string
1- ^0[0-9]+\.?[0-9]*$ : will find numbers starting with 0 and followed by numbers bigger than zero before the decimal seperator , mainly ".". I put this to distinguish strings containing numbers , for example, "0.111" from "01.111".
2- ([1-9]{1}[0-9]\.?[0-9]) : if there is string starting with 0 then the part which is bigger than 0 will be taken into account. parentheses are used here because I wanted to capture only parts conforming to regex.
3- ([0-9]\.?[0-9]): to capture only the decimal part of the string.
In Javascript , st.match(regex), will return array in which first element contains conformed part. I used this method in the input element's onChange event , by this if the user enters something that violates the regex than violating part is not shown in element's value at all but if there is a part that conforms to regex , then it stays in the element's value.
const floatRegexCheck = (st) => {
const regx1 = new RegExp("^0[0-9]+\\.?[0-9]*$"); // for finding numbers starting with 0
let regx2 = new RegExp("([1-9]{1}[0-9]*\\.?[0-9]*)"); //if regx1 matches then this will remove 0s at the head.
if (!st.match(regx1)) {
regx2 = new RegExp("([0-9]*\\.?[0-9]*)"); //if number does not contain 0 at the head of string then standard decimal formatting takes place
}
st = st.match(regx2);
if (st?.length > 0) {
st = st[0];
}
return st;
}
Here is a more rigorous answer
^[+-]?0(?![0-9]).[0-9]*(?![.])$|^[+-]?[1-9]{1}[0-9]*.[0-9]*$|^[+-]?.[0-9]+$
The following values will match (+- sign are also work)
.11234
0.1143424
11.21
1.
The following values will not match
00.1
1.0.00
12.2350.0.0.0.0.
.
....
How it works
The (?! regex) means NOT operation
let's break down the regex by | operator which is same as logical OR operator
^[+-]?0(?![0-9]).[0-9]*(?![.])$
This regex is to check the value starts from 0
First Check + and - sign with 0 or 1 time ^[+-]
Then check if it has leading zero 0
If it has,then the value next to it must not be zero because we don't want to see 00.123 (?![0-9])
Then check the dot exactly one time and check the fraction part with unlimited times of digits .[0-9]*
Last, if it has a dot follow by fraction part, we discard it.(?![.])$
Now see the second part
^[+-]?[1-9]{1}[0-9]*.[0-9]*$
^[+-]? same as above
If it starts from non zero, match the first digit exactly one time and unlimited time follow by it [1-9]{1}[0-9]* e.g. 12.3 , 1.2, 105.6
Match the dot one time and unlimited digit follow it .[0-9]*$
Now see the third part
^[+-]?.{1}[0-9]+$
This will check the value starts from . e.g. .12, .34565
^[+-]? same as above
Match dot one time and one or more digits follow by it .[0-9]+$
I have read some thousand comma separator JavaScript question/answer but found it hard to apply it in practice. For example I have the variable
x = 10023871234981029898198264897123897.231241235
How will I separate it in thousands with commas? I want a function that not only works with that number of digits but more. Regardless of the number of digits the function I need has to separate the number in commas and leaving the digits after the decimal point as it is, Can anyone help? It has to work on number and turn it into string.
First of all, for such huge numbers you should use string format:
var x = "10023871234981029898198264897123897.231241235";
Otherwise, JavaScript will automatically convert it to exponential notation, i.e. 1.002387123498103e+34.
Then, according to the question about money formatting, you can use the following code:
x.replace(/(\d)(?=(\d{3})+\.)/g, "$1,");
It will result in: "10,023,871,234,981,029,898,198,264,897,123,897.231241235".