Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 53981
interpreted = N
texte = case 3: [Grep search=([K-k][I-i][M-m][ ][I-i][S-s])&replace=
[uppercase]KIM is[/uppercase]]kIM is a good dog always in the theater[/grep] this returns: KIM is a good dog always in the theater - correct... so... it has to do something with the length of the string? i don't get it... On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > ok... after a few experiments i get weird stuff happaning... > > case 1: > > [Grep search=kim&replace=
color="red">[uppercase]KIM[/uppercase]]kim is a good dog always in > the theater[/grep]
> > this one produces: KIM is a good dog always in the theater - which is > correct... > > csase 2: > > [Grep search=([K-k][I-i][M-m])&replace=
color="red">[uppercase]KIM[/uppercase]]kim is a good dog always in > the theater[/grep]
> > produces: KIM is a good dog always in the tKIMter - huuuuu?! > > i'm trying to use case 2 to force grep to be case insensitive... note that > if i use "kIM is a... " in case 2 i get the same result... > > i'd expect both versions to produce result 1. > > considering that theater doesn't have ANY of the 3 characters (k,i,m) > why this grep is messing up theater => tKIMter - what's with the 'hea' > string that has to do with KIM? > > is that only here or somebody can explain? > > i'd really appreciate some help on this... > > this is on RH linux and is webcat 4.5... (don't have 5).... > > > thanks.... > > > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Kenneth Grome wrote: > > > >hi all, > > > > > >i was just wondering if anybody out there sees my posts.... > > > > > >the last 3 - 4 times - including the one below - i'm getting my post back > > >from the list - normally - but nobody responds and from time to time i'm > > >getting those WARNING messages from the smithmicro server that messages to > > >my email have been bounced. i don't have any problems recieaving mail and > > >i get to see everybody else's posts.... > > > > > >i'll appreciate if somebody replys to this post so i know that i'm not > > >shooting in the dark... > > > > > > > > I saw your post but I have no answer for you ... and I'll tell you why: > > > > SMSI has never documented their version of grep, nor have they ever > > helped us to find the *proper* documentation for the unique version > > of grep they licensed for use in webdna. Therefore, we have no way > > of knowing what is the proper syntax for using webdna's grep > > effectively. > > > > I can use any properly documented version of grep reliably and > > effectively all day long, but as soon as I try to use the same > > expression in webdna's undocumented grep it will fail. So obviously > > we need documentation of webdna's grep ... > > > > Where is it SMSI? > > > > Will you *ever* document webdna's grep? > > > > If not, when will you give us the name of the entity you licensed it > > from ... so we can try to get the proper documentation ourselves? > > > > :( > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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case 3: [Grep search=([K-k][I-i][M-m][ ][I-i][S-s])&replace=[uppercase]KIM is[/uppercase]]kIM is a good dog always in the theater[/grep] this returns: KIM is a good dog always in the theater - correct... so... it has to do something with the length of the string? i don't get it... On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Kalin Mintchev wrote: > > ok... after a few experiments i get weird stuff happaning... > > case 1: > > [Grep search=kim&replace= color="red">[uppercase]KIM[/uppercase]]kim is a good dog always in > the theater[/grep]
> > this one produces: KIM is a good dog always in the theater - which is > correct... > > csase 2: > > [Grep search=([K-k][I-i][M-m])&replace= color="red">[uppercase]KIM[/uppercase]]kim is a good dog always in > the theater[/grep]
> > produces: KIM is a good dog always in the tKIMter - huuuuu?! > > i'm trying to use case 2 to force grep to be case insensitive... note that > if i use "kIM is a... " in case 2 i get the same result... > > i'd expect both versions to produce result 1. > > considering that theater doesn't have ANY of the 3 characters (k,i,m) > why this grep is messing up theater => tKIMter - what's with the 'hea' > string that has to do with KIM? > > is that only here or somebody can explain? > > i'd really appreciate some help on this... > > this is on RH linux and is webcat 4.5... (don't have 5).... > > > thanks.... > > > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Kenneth Grome wrote: > > > >hi all, > > > > > >i was just wondering if anybody out there sees my posts.... > > > > > >the last 3 - 4 times - including the one below - i'm getting my post back > > >from the list - normally - but nobody responds and from time to time i'm > > >getting those WARNING messages from the smithmicro server that messages to > > >my email have been bounced. i don't have any problems recieaving mail and > > >i get to see everybody else's posts.... > > > > > >i'll appreciate if somebody replys to this post so i know that i'm not > > >shooting in the dark... > > > > > > > > I saw your post but I have no answer for you ... and I'll tell you why: > > > > SMSI has never documented their version of grep, nor have they ever > > helped us to find the *proper* documentation for the unique version > > of grep they licensed for use in webdna. Therefore, we have no way > > of knowing what is the proper syntax for using webdna's grep > > effectively. > > > > I can use any properly documented version of grep reliably and > > effectively all day long, but as soon as I try to use the same > > expression in webdna's undocumented grep it will fail. So obviously > > we need documentation of webdna's grep ... > > > > Where is it SMSI? > > > > Will you *ever* document webdna's grep? > > > > If not, when will you give us the name of the entity you licensed it > > from ... so we can try to get the proper documentation ourselves? > > > > :( > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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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