Re: [WebDNA] Grep

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2009


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = > I have the following code that combines two database fields into one =20= > and removes extra spaces at the same time. But this seems to also =20 > be removing the + (plus symbol) from the data as well, which I don't =20= > want to happen. Example, the data =93DVD+RW=94 becomes =93DVD RW=94. = Any =20 > ideas why this might be happening? > > [!]First - Find blank Title fields and fill them in with =20 > Description1 and Description2 (using grep to remove extra spaces)[/!] > [Search db=3Dprice2.txt&eqTitledata=3D[blank]][numfound] > [ReplaceFoundItems]Title=3D[grep search=3D = *$&replace=3D][Description1][/=20 > grep] [grep search=3D *$&replace=3D][Description2][/grep][/=20 > ReplaceFoundItems] > [/Search] This worked for me: (removes all spaces and leaves plus signs intact. [grep search=3D[URL][ ]+[/URL]&replace=3D]DVD + RW[/grep] (I don't know enough about the differences between BBedit's grep =20 engine and webdna's to know why the asterick did not work for finding =20= 'zero or instances of', thus my use of the + char. ------------ Govinda govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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> I have the following code that combines two database fields into one =20= > and removes extra spaces at the same time. But this seems to also =20 > be removing the + (plus symbol) from the data as well, which I don't =20= > want to happen. Example, the data =93DVD+RW=94 becomes =93DVD RW=94. = Any =20 > ideas why this might be happening? > > [!]First - Find blank Title fields and fill them in with =20 > Description1 and Description2 (using grep to remove extra spaces)[/!] > [Search db=3Dprice2.txt&eqTitledata=3D[blank]][numfound] > [replacefounditems]Title=3D[grep search=3D = *$&replace=3D][Description1][/=20 > grep] [grep search=3D *$&replace=3D][Description2][/grep][/=20 > ReplaceFoundItems] > [/Search] This worked for me: (removes all spaces and leaves plus signs intact. [grep search=3D[url][ ]+[/URL]&replace=3D]DVD + RW[/grep] (I don't know enough about the differences between BBedit's grep =20 engine and webdna's to know why the asterick did not work for finding =20= 'zero or instances of', thus my use of the + char. ------------ Govinda govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com Govinda

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