Re: grep matching
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 47893
interpreted = N
texte = %5B (open square bracket) works, but %5D (close square bracket) doesn't work inside a character list.I tried the following:[grep search=[%5B]&replace=#]abc[def]ghi[/grep] results: abc#def]ghi - Success[grep search=[%5B%5D]&replace=#]abc[def]ghi[/grep] results: abc[def]ghi - Failure[grep search=%5B&replace=#]abc[def]ghi[/grep] Totally empty result page - Failure[grep search=\%5B&replace=#]abc[def]ghi[/grep] results: abc#def]ghi - Success[grep search=%5D&replace=#]abc[def]ghi[/grep] results: abc[def#ghi - Success[grep search=\%5D&replace=#]abc[def]ghi[/grep] results: abc[def#ghi - Success It looks to me like WebDNA is incorrectly parsing the URL-encoded square brackets in some cases.For what I was trying to do - find any character except a closing square bracket - there appears to be no direct way to do it. I had similar problems the other day trying to GREP search for %0A characters within a character list. In both cases, the workaround was to first replace the offending character with a simple substitution for a character that would work in the character list.- brian It looks to me like WebDNA's parser is treating theOn Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 12:14 PM, Rob Marquardt wrote:> on 2/19/03 12:59 PM, Brian Fries at webdna@brainscansoftware.com so > noted... > >> I tried everything I could think of to be able to search for an end >> square bracket within a character list (delimited by [] in grep), but >> it will not work. I can search for the character by itself, and I can >> make it work in a character list in BBEdit, but I can't make it work >> in >> WebDNA. > > I've done [unurl]%5B[/unurl] before. It's definitely voodoo getting > them to > work. > > > Rob Marquardt > Designer/Resident Wirehead > Toast Design > > 800 Washington Avenue North > Minneapolis MN 55401 > 612.330.9863 v > 612.321.9424 f > www.toastdesign.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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%5B (open square bracket) works, but %5D (close square bracket) doesn't work inside a character list.I tried the following:[grep search=[%5B]&replace=#]abc[def]ghi[/grep] results: abc#def]ghi - Success[grep search=[%5B%5D]&replace=#]abc[def]ghi[/grep] results: abc[def]ghi - Failure[grep search=%5B&replace=#]abc[def]ghi[/grep] Totally empty result page - Failure[grep search=\%5B&replace=#]abc[def]ghi[/grep] results: abc#def]ghi - Success[grep search=%5D&replace=#]abc[def]ghi[/grep] results: abc[def#ghi - Success[grep search=\%5D&replace=#]abc[def]ghi[/grep] results: abc[def#ghi - Success It looks to me like WebDNA is incorrectly parsing the URL-encoded square brackets in some cases.For what I was trying to do - find any character except a closing square bracket - there appears to be no direct way to do it. I had similar problems the other day trying to GREP search for %0A characters within a character list. In both cases, the workaround was to first replace the offending character with a simple substitution for a character that would work in the character list.- brian It looks to me like WebDNA's parser is treating theOn Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 12:14 PM, Rob Marquardt wrote:> on 2/19/03 12:59 PM, Brian Fries at webdna@brainscansoftware.com so > noted... > >> I tried everything I could think of to be able to search for an end >> square bracket within a character list (delimited by [] in grep), but >> it will not work. I can search for the character by itself, and I can >> make it work in a character list in BBEdit, but I can't make it work >> in >> WebDNA. > > I've done [unurl]%5B[/unurl] before. It's definitely voodoo getting > them to > work. > > > Rob Marquardt > Designer/Resident Wirehead > Toast Design > > 800 Washington Avenue North > Minneapolis MN 55401 > 612.330.9863 v > 612.321.9424 f > www.toastdesign.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/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
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