Re: [WebDNA] GREP problem

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2011

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 106556
interpreted = N
texte = Hi StuartI got this to work for you:=--------------------------------------------------------------------------=--------------=[text]incomingString=3Dabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz~!@#$%^&*()_+`-=3D{}|[]\:=";'<>?,./=201234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[/text][text]cleanedString=3D[grep =search=3D[URL][^a-zA-Z0-9_+-][/URL]&replace=3D][incomingString][/grep][/te=xt]incomingString=3D[incomingString]
cleanedString=3D[cleanedString]
=--------------------------------------------------------------------------=--------------It seems in webdna's grep.. that the "+" char can go anywhere that makes =sense *except* at the end of the Character Class (which causes the =whole script to fail) (reason??).Also if I did not wrap the search string with [URL], then that also =failed in the sense that the + was not treated as a literal "+".(Lucky us in this case we did not need the "+" to behave as a =quantifier char, which may have opened up another can of worms.)-GOn 2011-04-20, at 10:45 PM, Stuart Tremain wrote:> Some help with this please.>=20> I am using this:>=20> [grep search=3D([^a-zA-Z0-9_-])&replace=3D]string[/grep]>=20> on this:>=20> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz~!@#$%^&*()_+`-=3D{}|[]\:";'<>?,./=20> 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ> ^^^ Note the CR and the space above>=20> to produce this:> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz_-1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ>=20>=20> All happy so far, but I also want to return the plus sign "+", I tried =([^a-zA-Z0-9_-\+]) and other combinations but cant seem to make it work =properly.>=20> Any ideas ??>=20>=20>=20> Regards>=20> Stuart Tremain> IDFK Web Developments> AUSTRALIA> webdna@idfk.com.au>=20>=20>=20>=20> --------------------------------------------------------- This message =is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To =unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: =http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug Reporting: =support@webdna.us- Govinda--------------Old WebDNA talklist archives:http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/index.tpl?db=3Dwebdna-talk Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: [WebDNA] GREP problem (Govinda 2011) Re: [WebDNA] GREP problem (Stuart Tremain 2011) Re: [WebDNA] GREP problem (Govinda 2011) Re: [WebDNA] GREP problem (William DeVaul 2011) [WebDNA] GREP problem (Stuart Tremain 2011) Re: [WebDNA] Grep problem (William DeVaul 2010) [WebDNA] Grep problem (Kenneth Grome 2010)

Hi StuartI got this to work for you:=--------------------------------------------------------------------------=--------------=[text]incomingString=3Dabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz~!@#$%^&*()_+`-=3D{}|[]\:=";'<>?,./=201234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[/text][text]cleanedString=3D[grep =search=3D[url][^a-zA-Z0-9_+-][/URL]&replace=3D][incomingString][/grep][/te=xt]incomingString=3D[incomingString]
cleanedString=3D[cleanedString]
=--------------------------------------------------------------------------=--------------It seems in webdna's grep.. that the "+" char can go anywhere that makes =sense *except* at the end of the Character Class (which causes the =whole script to fail) (reason??).Also if I did not wrap the search string with [url], then that also =failed in the sense that the + was not treated as a literal "+".(Lucky us in this case we did not need the "+" to behave as a =quantifier char, which may have opened up another can of worms.)-GOn 2011-04-20, at 10:45 PM, Stuart Tremain wrote:> Some help with this please.>=20> I am using this:>=20> [grep search=3D([^a-zA-Z0-9_-])&replace=3D]string[/grep]>=20> on this:>=20> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz~!@#$%^&*()_+`-=3D{}|[]\:";'<>?,./=20> 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ> ^^^ Note the CR and the space above>=20> to produce this:> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz_-1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ>=20>=20> All happy so far, but I also want to return the plus sign "+", I tried =([^a-zA-Z0-9_-\+]) and other combinations but cant seem to make it work =properly.>=20> Any ideas ??>=20>=20>=20> Regards>=20> Stuart Tremain> IDFK Web Developments> AUSTRALIA> webdna@idfk.com.au>=20>=20>=20>=20> --------------------------------------------------------- This message =is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To =unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: =http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug Reporting: =support@webdna.us- Govinda--------------Old WebDNA talklist archives:http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/index.tpl?db=3Dwebdna-talk Govinda

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