Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks?

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2010

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texte = [grep search=.&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]Dan Strong wrote:> I want to take a string and replace everything in it with asterisks.> None of these work:> > [grep search=[*]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]> [grep search=[ ]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]> [grep search=[url][ ][/url]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]> > I know how to do a grep that replaces all letters and numbers, but what> about other symbols and such (@, etc.)?> > I suppose I could do a [countchars] on the input then replace with that> many asterisks, but it just seems like this is exactly the kind of job> that grep is for.> > Not terribly important, but now I'm curious how it can be done.> > Thanks,> -Dan-- -------------------------------------------Marc ThompsonSoftware EngineerMedia SolutionsUniversity Information TechnologyUniversity of Utah801.585.9264marc.thompson@utah.edu------------------------------------------- Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? ("Terry Wilson" 2010) Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? (Govinda 2010) Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? ("Dan Strong" 2010) Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? (Bob Minor 2010) Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? ("Dan Strong" 2010) Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? (Marc Thompson 2010) Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? ("Dan Strong" 2010) Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? (Marc Thompson 2010) Re: [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? ("Dan Strong" 2010) [WebDNA] Grep everything and replace with asterisks? ("Dan Strong" 2010)

[grep search=.&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]Dan Strong wrote:> I want to take a string and replace everything in it with asterisks.> None of these work:> > [grep search=[*]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]> [grep search=[ ]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]> [grep search=[url][ ][/url]&replace=*]h4tdb!@6889gfd[/grep]> > I know how to do a grep that replaces all letters and numbers, but what> about other symbols and such (@, etc.)?> > I suppose I could do a [countchars] on the input then replace with that> many asterisks, but it just seems like this is exactly the kind of job> that grep is for.> > Not terribly important, but now I'm curious how it can be done.> > Thanks,> -Dan-- -------------------------------------------Marc ThompsonSoftware EngineerMedia SolutionsUniversity Information TechnologyUniversity of Utah801.585.9264marc.thompson@utah.edu------------------------------------------- Marc Thompson

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