Forum Software [i] tag Glitch

[Ultimater]

var a1=b1[i];

true equals 1 and false equals 0

Quote me to see what I actually typed. Note that the I tag is running through one CODE tag to the next.

[Ultimater]

The "b" tag should have the exact same behavior as the "i" tag but instead it displays properly

var a1=b1[i];

true equals 1 and false equals 0

[LiLcRaZyFuZzY]

just a test

var a1=b1[b];

true equals 1 and false equals 0

see it does do the same with "b", its just that in your second example, you mixed both "i" and "b".
the codes sees the opening "b" and the ending "b"
its a problem with that greedy/ungreedy stuff, isnt it?

[JPnyc]

I checked what you typed, that seems exactly as it's supposed to function.

[LiLcRaZyFuZzY]

shouldnt the bold "b"(second one) not appear and the first one output some kind of error because it's missing a closing tag`?

[JPnyc]

What I saw was opening and closing i tags around each word, just as it appears it would be.

[David Harrison]

Looking at the source code of the page, it seems that there is an error with the forum software Joe, tags aren't being closed in the correct order. Here's the (slightly simplified) source code on the page:

<pre>
  var a1=b1<i>;
</pre>
<pre>
  [i]true</i> equals 1 and <i>false</i> equals 0
</pre>

The forum software just finds an opening i and a closing i, and anything inbetween is made italic, even if tags are not closed in the correct order.

The reason that the software does not do as you expected with the b tag is because you opened an i first, not a b. Look at this:

var a1=b1[b];

true equals 1 and false equals 0

Basically, a more sophisticated regular expression is needed to match the opening and closing BB tags correctly, however problems could be avoided if you just make sure you close all of the tags.