Re: Hideif not working?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 39363
interpreted = N
texte = Alain Russell wrote: > > Turn the comparison around .. > > [hideif root.exe+favicon+scripts^[thisurl]] > > [hideif [thisurl]^root.exe+favicon+scripts]I think that you will find that both ways will fail. Here's why:[thisurl] will contain something like this: /favicon.ico /MSADC/root.exe or /scripts/root.exeand any one term can be search for using [hideif [thisurl]^favicon] [hideif [thisurl]^root.exe] [hideif [thisurl]^scripts]since those strings are proper subsets of the contents of [thisurl]. However, the string root.exe+favicon+scripts will never be found as it stands inside any [thisurl] that will be requested.You are looking for an OR operator, which does not, by itself, exist with the [hideif] context. However, like most things in life, you can use [grep] to do what you want:[text]mysearch=[grep search=(root.exe|favicon|scripts)&replace=_FOUND_][thisurl][/grep][/text][hideif [mysearch]^_FOUND_]...[/hideif]which will find all instances of either of the three search terms and replace them with _FOUND_, which can then be tested. For example, if [thisurl] = /scripts/root.exe then [mysearch] = /_FOUND_/_FOUND_HTHJohn-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Alain Russell wrote: > > Turn the comparison around .. > > [hideif root.exe+favicon+scripts^[thisurl]] > > [hideif [thisurl]^root.exe+favicon+scripts]I think that you will find that both ways will fail. Here's why:[thisurl] will contain something like this: /favicon.ico /MSADC/root.exe or /scripts/root.exeand any one term can be search for using [hideif [thisurl]^favicon] [hideif [thisurl]^root.exe] [hideif [thisurl]^scripts]since those strings are proper subsets of the contents of [thisurl]. However, the string root.exe+favicon+scripts will never be found as it stands inside any [thisurl] that will be requested.You are looking for an OR operator, which does not, by itself, exist with the [hideif] context. However, like most things in life, you can use [grep] to do what you want:[text]mysearch=[grep search=(root.exe|favicon|scripts)&replace=_FOUND_][thisurl][/grep][/text][hideif [mysearch]^_FOUND_]...[/hideif]which will find all instances of either of the three search terms and replace them with _FOUND_, which can then be tested. For example, if [thisurl] = /scripts/root.exe then [mysearch] = /_FOUND_/_FOUND_HTHJohn-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
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