Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Rajeev Kumar wrote: > if you want to force grep to be case insensitive. you have to do case 2 like > this: > > [Grep search=([Kk][Ii][Mm])&replace= color="red">[uppercase]KIM[/uppercase]]kIm is a good dog always in > the theater[/grep]
> > > [Kk] will look for either a "K" or a "k" (or any other letter specified yea, that worked... just doing it.... > inside the []'s). > Adding a dash in the middle, [K-k], treats it as a range between K to k. > Though im not sure why "hea" was selected. because the range from K (ascii 75) to k (ascii 107) contains h (ascii 104), e (101) and a (97) - i shuld've figured it out sooner..... thanks Rajeev... > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kalin Mintchev" > To: "WebDNA Talk" > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 2:18 PM > Subject: Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED > > > > > > ok... after a few experiments i get weird stuff happaning... > > > > case 1: > > > > [Grep search=kim&replace= > color="red">[uppercase]KIM[/uppercase]]kim is a good dog always in > > the theater[/grep]
> > > > this one produces: KIM is a good dog always in the theater - which is > > correct... > > > > csase 2: > > > > [Grep search=([K-k][I-i][M-m])&replace= > color="red">[uppercase]KIM[/uppercase]]kim is a good dog always in > > the theater[/grep]
> > > > produces: KIM is a good dog always in the tKIMter - huuuuu?! > > > > i'm trying to use case 2 to force grep to be case insensitive... note that > > if i use "kIM is a... " in case 2 i get the same result... > > > > i'd expect both versions to produce result 1. > > > > considering that theater doesn't have ANY of the 3 characters (k,i,m) > > why this grep is messing up theater => tKIMter - what's with the 'hea' > > string that has to do with KIM? > > > > is that only here or somebody can explain? > > > > i'd really appreciate some help on this... > > > > this is on RH linux and is webcat 4.5... (don't have 5).... > > > > > > thanks.... > > > > > > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Kenneth Grome wrote: > > > > > >hi all, > > > > > > > >i was just wondering if anybody out there sees my posts.... > > > > > > > >the last 3 - 4 times - including the one below - i'm getting my post > back > > > >from the list - normally - but nobody responds and from time to time > i'm > > > >getting those WARNING messages from the smithmicro server that messages > to > > > >my email have been bounced. i don't have any problems recieaving mail > and > > > >i get to see everybody else's posts.... > > > > > > > >i'll appreciate if somebody replys to this post so i know that i'm not > > > >shooting in the dark... > > > > > > > > > > > > I saw your post but I have no answer for you ... and I'll tell you why: > > > > > > SMSI has never documented their version of grep, nor have they ever > > > helped us to find the *proper* documentation for the unique version > > > of grep they licensed for use in webdna. Therefore, we have no way > > > of knowing what is the proper syntax for using webdna's grep > > > effectively. > > > > > > I can use any properly documented version of grep reliably and > > > effectively all day long, but as soon as I try to use the same > > > expression in webdna's undocumented grep it will fail. So obviously > > > we need documentation of webdna's grep ... > > > > > > Where is it SMSI? > > > > > > Will you *ever* document webdna's grep? > > > > > > If not, when will you give us the name of the entity you licensed it > > > from ... so we can try to get the proper documentation ourselves? > > > > > > :( > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED ( "Scott Anderson" 2003)
  2. Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED ( Brian Fries 2003)
  3. Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED ( Stuart Tremain 2003)
  4. Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED ( Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  5. Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED ( "Rajeev Kumar" 2003)
  6. Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED ( Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  7. Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED ( Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  8. Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED ( Kenneth Grome 2003)
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Rajeev Kumar wrote: > if you want to force grep to be case insensitive. you have to do case 2 like > this: > > [Grep search=([Kk][Ii][Mm])&replace= color="red">[uppercase]KIM[/uppercase]]kIm is a good dog always in > the theater[/grep]
> > > [Kk] will look for either a "K" or a "k" (or any other letter specified yea, that worked... just doing it.... > inside the []'s). > Adding a dash in the middle, [K-k], treats it as a range between K to k. > Though im not sure why "hea" was selected. because the range from K (ascii 75) to k (ascii 107) contains h (ascii 104), e (101) and a (97) - i shuld've figured it out sooner..... thanks Rajeev... > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kalin Mintchev" > To: "WebDNA Talk" > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 2:18 PM > Subject: Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED > > > > > > ok... after a few experiments i get weird stuff happaning... > > > > case 1: > > > > [Grep search=kim&replace= > color="red">[uppercase]KIM[/uppercase]]kim is a good dog always in > > the theater[/grep]
> > > > this one produces: KIM is a good dog always in the theater - which is > > correct... > > > > csase 2: > > > > [Grep search=([K-k][I-i][M-m])&replace= > color="red">[uppercase]KIM[/uppercase]]kim is a good dog always in > > the theater[/grep]
> > > > produces: KIM is a good dog always in the tKIMter - huuuuu?! > > > > i'm trying to use case 2 to force grep to be case insensitive... note that > > if i use "kIM is a... " in case 2 i get the same result... > > > > i'd expect both versions to produce result 1. > > > > considering that theater doesn't have ANY of the 3 characters (k,i,m) > > why this grep is messing up theater => tKIMter - what's with the 'hea' > > string that has to do with KIM? > > > > is that only here or somebody can explain? > > > > i'd really appreciate some help on this... > > > > this is on RH linux and is webcat 4.5... (don't have 5).... > > > > > > thanks.... > > > > > > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Kenneth Grome wrote: > > > > > >hi all, > > > > > > > >i was just wondering if anybody out there sees my posts.... > > > > > > > >the last 3 - 4 times - including the one below - i'm getting my post > back > > > >from the list - normally - but nobody responds and from time to time > i'm > > > >getting those WARNING messages from the smithmicro server that messages > to > > > >my email have been bounced. i don't have any problems recieaving mail > and > > > >i get to see everybody else's posts.... > > > > > > > >i'll appreciate if somebody replys to this post so i know that i'm not > > > >shooting in the dark... > > > > > > > > > > > > I saw your post but I have no answer for you ... and I'll tell you why: > > > > > > SMSI has never documented their version of grep, nor have they ever > > > helped us to find the *proper* documentation for the unique version > > > of grep they licensed for use in webdna. Therefore, we have no way > > > of knowing what is the proper syntax for using webdna's grep > > > effectively. > > > > > > I can use any properly documented version of grep reliably and > > > effectively all day long, but as soon as I try to use the same > > > expression in webdna's undocumented grep it will fail. So obviously > > > we need documentation of webdna's grep ... > > > > > > Where is it SMSI? > > > > > > Will you *ever* document webdna's grep? > > > > > > If not, when will you give us the name of the entity you licensed it > > > from ... so we can try to get the proper documentation ourselves? > > > > > > :( > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Kalin Mintchev

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