Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks?

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2010


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 105085
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texte = [grep search=.&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] Dan Strong wrote: > I want to take a string and replace everything in it with asterisks. > None of these work: > > [grep search=[*]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] > [grep search=[ ]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] > [grep search=[url][ ][/url]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] > > I know how to do a grep that replaces all letters and numbers, but what > about other symbols and such (@, etc.)? > > I suppose I could do a [countchars] on the input then replace with that > many asterisks, but it just seems like this is exactly the kind of job > that grep is for. > > Not terribly important, but now I'm curious how it can be done. > > Thanks, > -Dan -- ------------------------------------------- Marc Thompson Software Engineer Media Solutions University Information Technology University of Utah 801.585.9264 marc.thompson@utah.edu ------------------------------------------- Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? ("Terry Wilson" 2010)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? (Govinda 2010)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? ("Dan Strong" 2010)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? (Bob Minor 2010)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? ("Dan Strong" 2010)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? (Marc Thompson 2010)
  7. Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? ("Dan Strong" 2010)
  8. Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? (Marc Thompson 2010)
  9. Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? ("Dan Strong" 2010)
  10. [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? ("Dan Strong" 2010)
[grep search=.&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] Dan Strong wrote: > I want to take a string and replace everything in it with asterisks. > None of these work: > > [grep search=[*]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] > [grep search=[ ]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] > [grep search=[url][ ][/url]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep] > > I know how to do a grep that replaces all letters and numbers, but what > about other symbols and such (@, etc.)? > > I suppose I could do a [countchars] on the input then replace with that > many asterisks, but it just seems like this is exactly the kind of job > that grep is for. > > Not terribly important, but now I'm curious how it can be done. > > Thanks, > -Dan -- ------------------------------------------- Marc Thompson Software Engineer Media Solutions University Information Technology University of Utah 801.585.9264 marc.thompson@utah.edu ------------------------------------------- Marc Thompson

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