Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] NWEEK 28 BALLOT

[Wonko <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoth David E. Smith,

> On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Wonko wrote:
> 
>> This is directed to Dave, with regards to the 21/6 in one of my props. Why
>> is it that sometimes strings in proposals such as "21/6" become links to
>> their respective rules, but sometimes it doesn't happen? Do you go through
>> and do it yourself, or does one of your scripts do it, and if it is the
>> latter, what do I have to do to make a "21/6" turn into a link in the prop?
> 
> It's semi-automated.
> 
> $rt = $srow["ruletext"];
> $re = "/(\d{3,4})\/(\d{1,2}[^\d])/" ;
> $rt = preg_replace($re,
> "<A HREF=\"http://www.nomic.net/~g6/history.php?rn=\\1\";>\\1/\\2</A>",
> $rt);
> 
> The regex isn't perfect, obviously, but it's reasonably close. It's
> supposed to look for anything that's 3 or 4 digits, then a / , then one or
> two digits. It was really only intended for rule revision histories; the
> fact that such things show up elsewhere occasionally is just a convenient
> bonus.

So the reason the '21/6' didn't get it is because its serial number has
fewer than three digits? Alright.

-- 
Wonko

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