RE: [WebDNA] Grep

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2009


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 103979
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texte = Sorry, I should have gave a more complete example. Description1 =3D "25PK DVD+RW 16X 4.7GB " Description2 =3D "BRANDED SPINDLE " So the code works well for removing the extra spaces, but still seems to re= move the + sign. The result I get is Title =3D "25PK DVD RW 16X 4.7GB BRANDED SPINDL= E" -----Original Message----- From: Govinda [mailto:govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:22 AM To: talk@webdna.us Subject: Re: [WebDNA] Grep > I have the following code that combines two database fields into one > and removes extra spaces at the same time. But this seems to also > be removing the + (plus symbol) from the data as well, which I don't > want to happen. Example, the data "DVD+RW" becomes "DVD RW". Any > ideas why this might be happening? > > [!]First - Find blank Title fields and fill them in with > Description1 and Description2 (using grep to remove extra spaces)[/!] > [Search db=3Dprice2.txt&eqTitledata=3D[blank]][numfound] > [ReplaceFoundItems]Title=3D[grep search=3D *$&replace=3D][Description1][/ > grep] [grep search=3D *$&replace=3D][Description2][/grep][/ > 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 engine and webdna's to know why the asterick did not work for finding 'zero or instances of', thus my use of the + char. ------------ Govinda govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com --------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ Bug Reporting: http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=3Dtopics&category=3D= 288 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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Sorry, I should have gave a more complete example. Description1 =3D "25PK DVD+RW 16X 4.7GB " Description2 =3D "BRANDED SPINDLE " So the code works well for removing the extra spaces, but still seems to re= move the + sign. The result I get is Title =3D "25PK DVD RW 16X 4.7GB BRANDED SPINDL= E" -----Original Message----- From: Govinda [mailto:govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:22 AM To: talk@webdna.us Subject: Re: [WebDNA] Grep > I have the following code that combines two database fields into one > and removes extra spaces at the same time. But this seems to also > be removing the + (plus symbol) from the data as well, which I don't > want to happen. Example, the data "DVD+RW" becomes "DVD RW". Any > ideas why this might be happening? > > [!]First - Find blank Title fields and fill them in with > Description1 and Description2 (using grep to remove extra spaces)[/!] > [Search db=3Dprice2.txt&eqTitledata=3D[blank]][numfound] > [replacefounditems]Title=3D[grep search=3D *$&replace=3D][Description1][/ > grep] [grep search=3D *$&replace=3D][Description2][/grep][/ > 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 engine and webdna's to know why the asterick did not work for finding 'zero or instances of', thus my use of the + char. ------------ Govinda govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com --------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ Bug Reporting: http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=3Dtopics&category=3D= 288 Mark Bergkvist

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