Re: WebDNA Grep help wanted
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texte = >> Hi all, >> >> I have a messageboard developed in WebDNA. The messageboard does not >> accept HTML syntax due to security. In stead I have made a parsingt >> system which translate forum specific tags to HTML behind the scenes. >> >> [/b]If I wanted to post a message in the forum with bold words it >> would look like this[/b] >> >> [/i]If I wanted to post a message in the forum with italic words it >> would look like this[/i] >> >> The grep lines handling this process is pasted below, but it can't >> handle a line like this. And here I need some help... >> >> [b] this is a line of bold words including one word in >> [i]italic[/i], but it won't work - only the italic-tags are parsed >> correctly[/b] >> >> Any help is appreciated... > > > > The simple solution is to use two nested greps, one for bold and the > other for the italics. A nested solution would be order dependent. The grep breaks because it finds the [i before [/b. Better to loop for all possible combinations based on a maximum nested tag depth. That said, convertwords is a good the way to go for solutions like these. ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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>> Hi all, >> >> I have a messageboard developed in WebDNA. The messageboard does not >> accept HTML syntax due to security. In stead I have made a parsingt >> system which translate forum specific tags to HTML behind the scenes. >> >> [/b]If I wanted to post a message in the forum with bold words it >> would look like this[/b] >> >> [/i]If I wanted to post a message in the forum with italic words it >> would look like this[/i] >> >> The grep lines handling this process is pasted below, but it can't >> handle a line like this. And here I need some help... >> >> [b] this is a line of bold words including one word in >> [i]italic[/i], but it won't work - only the italic-tags are parsed >> correctly[/b] >> >> Any help is appreciated... > > > > The simple solution is to use two nested greps, one for bold and the > other for the italics. A nested solution would be order dependent. The grep breaks because it finds the [i before [/b. Better to loop for all possible combinations based on a maximum nested tag depth. That said, convertwords is a good the way to go for solutions like these. ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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