Before special character select the text in javascript by regular expression

hi,

 

can u write regular expression so  can select text before special charachter (exp : ";").

 

examplese

  text : absolute;   or  -9px; or  100% 100%;

output : absolute or -9px or 100% 100%

 

i write

 

var reg = /^((?:'(?:\\'|.)*?'|(?:\\|.)*?|\([^\)]*?\)|[^};])+)\s*/;

var m = reg.exec ("absolute;");

 

but not giving me correct output.

 

regards

ashish yadav.

 

we need more facts to give you the right answer.

 

if want to replace the semicolons in text frame:

var adoc = app.activedocument; var atframe = adoc.textframes; contentstring = atframe[0].contents; contentstring = contentstring.replace (/;/g, ''); atframe[0].contents = contentstring; 

 

this gives the right output for your sample text.

otherwise give better example please.

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