Re: [WebDNA] Grep and "?"
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2012
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 109093
interpreted = N
texte = > Hello!>=20> I'm trying to remove some non alphabetical characters using grep. I've =managed to remove most of them (using one [grep] per character) except =for the question mark character. If I use "?" or "%3F" the template with =the code is not processed but downloaded to my computer instead. =Example:>=20> [grep search=3D%3F&replace=3D&ignorecase=3DT]Hi folks, how are you =doing?[/grep]>=20> OR>=20> [grep search=3D?&replace=3D&ignorecase=3DT]Hi folks, how are you =doing?[/grep]>=20> In both cases I get the .tpl file downloaded to my desktop. I suspect =that question mark is a wildcard that grep uses to match certain =strings, so I don't know if anyone out there knows how to achieve this =or give me a better [grep] code to remove any character but letters.try [grep search=3D[url]?[/url]&replace=3D&ignorecase=3DT]Hi folks, how =are you doing?[/grep]does that work?Meanwhile..=20using that many greps to replace one char might be inefficient .. =perhaps you could use just one wrapper and do it all in one stroke, =with: [convertChars] ? (and have one record in your [convertChars] db =per char that you want to swap out.)-G=
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> Hello!>=20> I'm trying to remove some non alphabetical characters using grep. I've =managed to remove most of them (using one
[grep] per character) except =for the question mark character. If I use "?" or "%3F" the template with =the code is not processed but downloaded to my computer instead. =Example:>=20> [grep search=3D%3F&replace=3D&ignorecase=3DT]Hi folks, how are you =doing?[/grep]>=20> OR>=20> [grep search=3D?&replace=3D&ignorecase=3DT]Hi folks, how are you =doing?[/grep]>=20> In both cases I get the .tpl file downloaded to my desktop. I suspect =that question mark is a wildcard that grep uses to match certain =strings, so I don't know if anyone out there knows how to achieve this =or give me a better
[grep] code to remove any character but letters.try [grep search=3D
[url]?[/url]&replace=3D&ignorecase=3DT]Hi folks, how =are you doing?[/grep]does that work?Meanwhile..=20using that many greps to replace one char might be inefficient .. =perhaps you could use just one wrapper and do it all in one stroke, =with:
[convertchars] ? (and have one record in your
[convertchars] db =per char that you want to swap out.)-G=
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