Re: Grepping URL-Encoded Text
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 55160
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texte = Sounds silly but try escaping every search string character: [Grep search=\%\0\D\%\0\A &replace=\n][myTest][/grep]Good Luck,MKOn Friday, January 2, 2004, at 10:20 AM, Justin Carroll wrote:> I have a form with a textarea (txtComment) and I need to be able to > turn all the carriage returns into "\n"'s and stored in a database to > be output via a javascript alert box.>> Let's say the user types this in txtComment (minus the dashes):> ----------> Hello>> Goodbye> ----------> In DNA I code this: [text]myTest=[url][txtComment][/url][/text]> The ouput of [myTest] is now this: Hello%0D%0A%0D%0AGoodbye>> In DNA I try this:> [grep search=%0D%0A&replace=\n][myTest][/grep]>> Nothing happens. I need it to be stored in the database like this: > Hello\n\nGoodbye>> Please help. I'm obviously doing something wrong. Maybe I should > approach this differently altogether? Thanks.>> Justin Carroll>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list
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Sounds silly but try escaping every search string character: [Grep search=\%\0\D\%\0\A &replace=\n][myTest][/grep]Good Luck,MKOn Friday, January 2, 2004, at 10:20 AM, Justin Carroll wrote:> I have a form with a textarea (txtComment) and I need to be able to > turn all the carriage returns into "\n"'s and stored in a database to > be output via a javascript alert box.>> Let's say the user types this in txtComment (minus the dashes):> ----------> Hello>> Goodbye> ----------> In DNA I code this: [text]myTest=[url][txtComment][/url][/text]> The ouput of [myTest] is now this: Hello%0D%0A%0D%0AGoodbye>> In DNA I try this:> [grep search=%0D%0A&replace=\n][myTest][/grep]>> Nothing happens. I need it to be stored in the database like this: > Hello\n\nGoodbye>> Please help. I'm obviously doing something wrong. Maybe I should > approach this differently altogether? Thanks.>> Justin Carroll>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> 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/>>Signed: Marc Kaiwi-------------------------------------------------------------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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