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[SnarlCat]

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I'm looking to write a rule that, I think, would help filter a fair amount of logging and profiling many sites partake in. I've noticed that numerous sites include thier web address later in the URL (eg.: http://www.foo.com/blah/&%asf94798www.foo.com/blah2) .. what I would like to do is to capture the first <foo.com> and look for a subsequent match in the address.

For the unix people, i'm looking for something along the lines of: http.*\([\w\d]?\.\w\)\/.*\1 , capturing www.foo.com into pattern 1 for matching later in the string....

Perhaps it'd be better to break the original pattern into blocks, such as 'www', 'foo', 'com' for matching - another question for another time.

Any suggestions or ideas? Does this make sense to do? How would this be done in JS-compatable regexs?

Thanks for your thoughts..

SnarlCat
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That would effectively prevent you from using links that include referrer information. Tons of false positives - not a good idea in my book.
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[Ed]

[SnarlCat]

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hm... somewhere, that phrase hit the bit bucket.. of course, missing that phrase is somewhat self-incriminating, eh?

Thanks; I'll get that fixed...[/quote]
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[SnarlCat]

Um.. ok.. so I'm feeling pretty stupid..

Neither of us can read very well... there are three groups defined...

.. need more (sleep|caffiene){2,} ...
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SnarlCat:
Adblock is presently impervious to backrefs -- it will not capture inside the expression.

[Ed]

I'm still tryin' to figure out how I misread it Too late a night or too early a morning...It is a nice sig though
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