Re: Grep issue

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 47105
interpreted = N
texte = + might not need to be escaped in webcat - all though i'm not sure - you have probably tried it anyway. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rajeev Kumar To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 1:46 PM Subject: Grep issue > Hi, > > I am having a bit of an issue with Grep and special characters. I am trying > to strip of the + character from a number, while replacing it with 0. > Basically changing an international phone number, into the local form (eg: > +6129999999 -> 0299999999). > > I read the BBedit notes for grep, applied those principles, but its still > not working. > > It works for the * character: > > [text show=t]number=*61414200200[/text]
> [text show=t]number=[grep search=^\*?61&replace=0][number][/grep][/text] > > >>output>> > > *61414200200 > 0414200200 > > But not for the + character: > > [text show=t]number= +61414200200[/text]
> [text show=t]number=[grep search=^\+?61&replace=0][number][/grep][/text] > > >>output>> > > +61414200200 > +61414200200 > > > According to BBedit, they are both similar types of special characters, and > the way to escape special characters is with a \. But I don't get why this > isn't working. Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Raj > > > BBEdit Grep Tutorial: http://www.anybrowser.org/bbedit/grep.shtml > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 issue (Rajeev Kumar 2003)
  2. Re: Grep issue (Rob Marquardt 2003)
  3. Re: Grep issue (alternative method) (Rajeev Kumar 2003)
  4. Re: Grep issue (Rajeev Kumar 2003)
  5. Re: Grep issue (Andrew Simpson 2003)
  6. Grep issue (Rajeev Kumar 2003)
+ might not need to be escaped in webcat - all though i'm not sure - you have probably tried it anyway. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rajeev Kumar To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 1:46 PM Subject: Grep issue > Hi, > > I am having a bit of an issue with Grep and special characters. I am trying > to strip of the + character from a number, while replacing it with 0. > Basically changing an international phone number, into the local form (eg: > +6129999999 -> 0299999999). > > I read the BBedit notes for grep, applied those principles, but its still > not working. > > It works for the * character: > > [text show=t]number=*61414200200[/text]
> [text show=t]number=[grep search=^\*?61&replace=0][number][/grep][/text] > > >>output>> > > *61414200200 > 0414200200 > > But not for the + character: > > [text show=t]number= +61414200200[/text]
> [text show=t]number=[grep search=^\+?61&replace=0][number][/grep][/text] > > >>output>> > > +61414200200 > +61414200200 > > > According to BBedit, they are both similar types of special characters, and > the way to escape special characters is with a \. But I don't get why this > isn't working. Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Raj > > > BBEdit Grep Tutorial: http://www.anybrowser.org/bbedit/grep.shtml > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ Andrew Simpson

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