Changes specified words in a string of text to different words, based on a database of conversions.
numero = 239[convertwords db=glossary.db]A HTTP request first uses DNS to look up the ip address[/convertwords]The above line of WebDNA would produce the following (given the proper glossary.db):A Hypertext Transport Protocol request first uses Domain Name System to look up the Internet Protocol addressHere's what the glossary.db file would look like for the example above:
-- glossary.db --from toHTTP Hypertext Transport ProtocolDNS Dynamic Naming Systemip Internet ProtocolAnywhere the words in the from column appear in the text, they are replaced with whatever is in the to column. There is no limit to the length text in either the from or to columns. You may put any kind of text into either column; for example, HTML is legal in either column.Example:All the dynamic links in this website are dynamically generated, based on the document titles; a [table] is first generated with all document titles to dynamically create links:
[table name=t2&fields=from,to][search db=base.db&netitledata=[blank]][founditems][title] <a href="page.dna?numero=[ref]">[title]</a>h[/founditems][/search][/table]This way, [search] would automatically be associated with <a href="page.dna?numero=69">[search]</a>Then we use
[convertwords table=t2][text][/convertwords]to replace all the titles that could appear in the text with a link: all the technical titles in this website are now properly and dynamically linked.
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
db | (Required) path to conversion database which contains list of "from" and "to" conversions of words to other words |
table | In place of a db file, you can specify a named reference to a WebDNA [table] object. |
case | (Optional) T or F to indicate that word comparisons should be case-sensitive or not. Default is F, case-insensitive |
word | (Optional) SS, WW, SW to indicate that words should be matched as SubString, Whole Word, or Start of Word, same as [search] parameters (word breaks subchapter) when matching text in a database |
delimiters | (Optional) List of single characters which define word boundaries. |
[convertwords db=glossary.db]
A HTTP request first uses DNS to look up the ip address
[/convertwords]
-- glossary.db --
from to
HTTP Hypertext Transport Protocol
DNS Dynamic Naming System
ip Internet Protocol
[table name=t2&fields=from,to]
[search db=base.db&netitledata=[blank]][founditems]
[title] <a href="page.dna?numero=[ref]">[title]</a>h
[/founditems][/search]
[/table]
[convertwords table=t2][text][/convertwords]
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
db | (Required) path to conversion database which contains list of "from" and "to" conversions of words to other words |
table | In place of a db file, you can specify a named reference to a WebDNA [table] object. |
case | (Optional) T or F to indicate that word comparisons should be case-sensitive or not. Default is F, case-insensitive |
word | (Optional) SS, WW, SW to indicate that words should be matched as SubString, Whole Word, or Start of Word, same as [search] parameters (word breaks subchapter) when matching text in a database |
delimiters | (Optional) List of single characters which define word boundaries. |
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