Re: [WebDNA] Grep and "?"

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2012


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 109093
interpreted = N
texte = > Hello! >=20 > I'm trying to remove some non alphabetical characters using grep. I've = managed to remove most of them (using one [grep] per character) except = for the question mark character. If I use "?" or "%3F" the template with = the code is not processed but downloaded to my computer instead. = Example: >=20 > [grep search=3D%3F&replace=3D&ignorecase=3DT]Hi folks, how are you = doing?[/grep] >=20 > OR >=20 > [grep search=3D?&replace=3D&ignorecase=3DT]Hi folks, how are you = doing?[/grep] >=20 > In both cases I get the .tpl file downloaded to my desktop. I suspect = that question mark is a wildcard that grep uses to match certain = strings, so I don't know if anyone out there knows how to achieve this = or give me a better [grep] code to remove any character but letters. try [grep search=3D[url]?[/url]&replace=3D&ignorecase=3DT]Hi folks, how = are you doing?[/grep] does that work? Meanwhile..=20 using that many greps to replace one char might be inefficient .. = perhaps you could use just one wrapper and do it all in one stroke, = with: [convertChars] ? (and have one record in your [convertChars] db = per char that you want to swap out.) -G= Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] Grep and "?" (Stuart Tremain 2012)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] Grep and "?" (Govinda 2012)
  3. [WebDNA] Grep and "?" (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Cristi=E1n_Tapia?= 2012)
> Hello! >=20 > I'm trying to remove some non alphabetical characters using grep. I've = managed to remove most of them (using one [grep] per character) except = for the question mark character. If I use "?" or "%3F" the template with = the code is not processed but downloaded to my computer instead. = Example: >=20 > [grep search=3D%3F&replace=3D&ignorecase=3DT]Hi folks, how are you = doing?[/grep] >=20 > OR >=20 > [grep search=3D?&replace=3D&ignorecase=3DT]Hi folks, how are you = doing?[/grep] >=20 > In both cases I get the .tpl file downloaded to my desktop. I suspect = that question mark is a wildcard that grep uses to match certain = strings, so I don't know if anyone out there knows how to achieve this = or give me a better [grep] code to remove any character but letters. try [grep search=3D[url]?[/url]&replace=3D&ignorecase=3DT]Hi folks, how = are you doing?[/grep] does that work? Meanwhile..=20 using that many greps to replace one char might be inefficient .. = perhaps you could use just one wrapper and do it all in one stroke, = with: [convertchars] ? (and have one record in your [convertchars] db = per char that you want to swap out.) -G= Govinda

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