Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED

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texte = BTW I can't get IgnoreCase=T to work with WebDNA 5 on w2K On Wednesday, November 12, 2003, at 02:47 PM, Kalin Mintchev wrote: > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Rajeev Kumar wrote: > >> if you want to force grep to be case insensitive. you have to do case >> 2 like >> this: >> >> [Grep search=([Kk][Ii][Mm])&replace=> color="red">[uppercase]KIM[/uppercase]]kIm is a good dog >> always in >> the theater[/grep]
>> >> >> [Kk] will look for either a "K" or a "k" (or any other letter >> specified > yea, that worked... just doing it.... >> inside the []'s). >> Adding a dash in the middle, [K-k], treats it as a range between K to >> k. >> Though im not sure why "hea" was selected. > > because the range from K (ascii 75) to k (ascii 107) contains h (ascii > 104), e (101) and a (97) - i shuld've figured it out sooner..... > > thanks Rajeev... > >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kalin Mintchev" >> To: "WebDNA Talk" >> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 2:18 PM >> Subject: Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED >> >> >>> >>> 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/ >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > > Regards Stuart Tremain idfk web developments 114a/40 yeo street neutral bay 2089 australia t +612 9908 2134 f +612 9908 4837 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED ( "Scott Anderson" 2003)
  2. Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED ( Brian Fries 2003)
  3. Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED ( Stuart Tremain 2003)
  4. Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED ( Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  5. Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED ( "Rajeev Kumar" 2003)
  6. Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED ( Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  7. Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED ( Kalin Mintchev 2003)
  8. Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED ( Kenneth Grome 2003)
BTW I can't get IgnoreCase=T to work with WebDNA 5 on w2K On Wednesday, November 12, 2003, at 02:47 PM, Kalin Mintchev wrote: > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Rajeev Kumar wrote: > >> if you want to force grep to be case insensitive. you have to do case >> 2 like >> this: >> >> [Grep search=([Kk][Ii][Mm])&replace=> color="red">[uppercase]KIM[/uppercase]]kIm is a good dog >> always in >> the theater[/grep]
>> >> >> [Kk] will look for either a "K" or a "k" (or any other letter >> specified > yea, that worked... just doing it.... >> inside the []'s). >> Adding a dash in the middle, [K-k], treats it as a range between K to >> k. >> Though im not sure why "hea" was selected. > > because the range from K (ascii 75) to k (ascii 107) contains h (ascii > 104), e (101) and a (97) - i shuld've figured it out sooner..... > > thanks Rajeev... > >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kalin Mintchev" >> To: "WebDNA Talk" >> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 2:18 PM >> Subject: Re: Grep Question - MAY NEVER BE SOLVED >> >> >>> >>> 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/ >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > > Regards Stuart Tremain idfk web developments 114a/40 yeo street neutral bay 2089 australia t +612 9908 2134 f +612 9908 4837 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Stuart Tremain

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