Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep?

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2000

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texte = >And then some more hours trying to get around the ampersand thing. >I know Ampersand is not allowed in browser stuff, but, webcat source >never gets to the browser so I thought, since it is called grep I >could use the standard \ to delimit a reserved character. Who >woulda thunk that I should use [url] in a grep expression.Yes, but [url] is how you get 'special' characters past the parser in all situations. The text that finally makes it down into the grep expression doesn't contain [url], it contains the interpreted value after the [url] has been executed.>If I do use [url] to expand bad things, how do I search for [url] >using grep, if that is reserved instead? Do i have to use >[raw][url][raw]? Will that even work????Yes, that's exactly it.>Seems to me that \& is more to the point for a regex search expression.Yes, except that & is *always* a parameter delimiter in WebDNA. We can't tell the difference between & in your grep expression, and & as a delimiter between parameters to the context. This similar discussion could be made around how do I get & into a database field or how do I search for & in a record. We had to choose something, and what we chose is consistent with a model that webmasters are already familiar with (we know it's kind of ugly and arcane, but it's *so* much better than trying to learn *two* different models for delimiters. Consistency is key here).Technical Support **********************************Smith Micro, Internet Solutions Div | eCommerce (WebCatalog)16855 West Bernardo Drive, #380 | -------------------------San Diego, CA 92127 | Software & Site DevelopmentWebCatalog Support: (858) 675-0632 | http://www.smithmicro.com Fax: (858) 675-0372 **********************************-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (Kim Ingram 2000)
Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (John Butler 2000)
Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (Kim Ingram 2000)
Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (WebDNA Support 2000)
Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (Webcat 2000)
Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (Webcat 2000)
Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (WebDNA Support 2000)
Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (Webcat 2000)
Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (Kenneth Grome 2000)
Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (Webcat 2000)
Re: How do I specify a & character in Grep? (John Butler 2000)
How do I specify a & character in Grep? (Webcat 2000)

>And then some more hours trying to get around the ampersand thing. >I know Ampersand is not allowed in browser stuff, but, webcat source >never gets to the browser so I thought, since it is called grep I >could use the standard \ to delimit a reserved character. Who >woulda thunk that I should use [url] in a grep expression.Yes, but [url] is how you get 'special' characters past the parser in all situations. The text that finally makes it down into the grep expression doesn't contain [url], it contains the interpreted value after the [url] has been executed.>If I do use [url] to expand bad things, how do I search for [url] >using grep, if that is reserved instead? Do i have to use >[raw][url][raw]? Will that even work????Yes, that's exactly it.>Seems to me that \& is more to the point for a regex search expression.Yes, except that & is *always* a parameter delimiter in WebDNA. We can't tell the difference between & in your grep expression, and & as a delimiter between parameters to the context. This similar discussion could be made around how do I get & into a database field or how do I search for & in a record. We had to choose something, and what we chose is consistent with a model that webmasters are already familiar with (we know it's kind of ugly and arcane, but it's *so* much better than trying to learn *two* different models for delimiters. Consistency is key here).Technical Support **********************************Smith Micro, Internet Solutions Div | eCommerce (WebCatalog)16855 West Bernardo Drive, #380 | -------------------------San Diego, CA 92127 | Software & Site DevelopmentWebCatalog Support: (858) 675-0632 | http://www.smithmicro.com Fax: (858) 675-0372 **********************************-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ WebDNA Support

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