Re: Grep and removing text

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 45193
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texte = Ok, I have tried about every variation of code I could come up with and found no solution.I have a text like:This is a sunny day --some_thing_here-- how do you, like it?Now with grep I want to remove the --some_thing_here--.Thus using:[grep search=--[a-zA-Z0-9]+--&replace=] the text above [/grep]Shouldn¹t this be the best way? I am really confused about this, since we have used Grep a lot of times and it always worked.Sincerely Nitai Aventaggiato CEOOn 13.11.2002 1:00 PM, Christer Olsson wrote:>>> [grep search=--[a-zA-Z0-9_]+--&replace=]some text[/grep] >> >> The more I look at this code, the less I like it. Is the + sign >> really supposed to be *outside* the square brackets? > > Yes. > >> If so, what would have happened if the original text string was >> something like ++links_regio_w++ instead of --links_regio_w-- ? > > Then you would have had to escape them: \+ > -- > > ************************************************************* > Christer Olsson PO Box 9160 Phone +46 40 25 85 85 > Ljusa Idéer AB SE-200 39 Malmoe Fax +46 40 25 85 89 > Kantyxegatan 5 Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/-- Tools to energize your business Content Management & eBusiness SystemsComputerOil GmbH http://computeroil.com/ Hauptstrasse 12 info@computeroil.com 8252 Schlatt/Switzerland Tel: +41 (0)52 654 15 55 Fax: +41 (0)52 654 15 59 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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:

    
  1. Re: Grep and removing text (Nitai @ ComputerOil 2002)
  2. Re: Grep and removing text (Brian Fries 2002)
  3. Re: Grep and removing text (devaulw@onebox.com 2002)
  4. Re: Grep and removing text (Nitai @ ComputerOil 2002)
  5. Re: Grep and removing text (Christer Olsson 2002)
  6. Re: Grep and removing text (Nitai @ ComputerOil 2002)
  7. Re: Grep and removing text (Frank Nordberg 2002)
  8. Re: Grep and removing text (Nitai @ ComputerOil 2002)
  9. Re: Grep and removing text (Christer Olsson 2002)
  10. Re: Grep and removing text (Frank Nordberg 2002)
  11. Re: Grep and removing text (Frank Nordberg 2002)
  12. Re: Grep and removing text (Nitai @ ComputerOil 2002)
  13. Re: Grep and removing text (Christer Olsson 2002)
  14. Re: Grep and removing text (Kenneth Grome 2002)
  15. Grep and removing text (Nitai @ ComputerOil 2002)
Ok, I have tried about every variation of code I could come up with and found no solution.I have a text like:This is a sunny day --some_thing_here-- how do you, like it?Now with grep I want to remove the --some_thing_here--.Thus using:[grep search=--[a-zA-Z0-9]+--&replace=] the text above [/grep]Shouldn¹t this be the best way? I am really confused about this, since we have used Grep a lot of times and it always worked.Sincerely Nitai Aventaggiato CEOOn 13.11.2002 1:00 PM, Christer Olsson wrote:>>> [grep search=--[a-zA-Z0-9_]+--&replace=]some text[/grep] >> >> The more I look at this code, the less I like it. Is the + sign >> really supposed to be *outside* the square brackets? > > Yes. > >> If so, what would have happened if the original text string was >> something like ++links_regio_w++ instead of --links_regio_w-- ? > > Then you would have had to escape them: \+ > -- > > ************************************************************* > Christer Olsson PO Box 9160 Phone +46 40 25 85 85 > Ljusa Idéer AB SE-200 39 Malmoe Fax +46 40 25 85 89 > Kantyxegatan 5 Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/-- Tools to energize your business Content Management & eBusiness SystemsComputerOil GmbH http://computeroil.com/ Hauptstrasse 12 info@computeroil.com 8252 Schlatt/Switzerland Tel: +41 (0)52 654 15 55 Fax: +41 (0)52 654 15 59 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Nitai @ ComputerOil

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