Re: grep question - removing spaces

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2005


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Bill, ----- Original Message Follows ----- From: devaulw@onebox.com To: "WebDNA Talk" Subject: Re: grep question - removing spaces Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:41:56 -0400 > I don't see anything clearly wrong, but I'd try it without the backslashes. I could be wrong, but I thought I needed to escape those in order for those to work since a dash for example defines a range as in a-zA-z0-9 - without the backslash it doesn't work (at least for the dash). It also seems the order of the \- and \_ are important as when I had them in a different order it didn't work at all. As currently listed, the grep will not remove embedded spaces. I'm stumped! > Bill > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dale's eLists > Sent: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:44:35 -0500 > To: "WebDNA Talk" > Subject: grep question - removing spaces > > Hello, > > I have a grep statement where I am wanting to only allow > letters, numbers, dashes and underscores. No spaces or > other special charactors (this will eventually be used as > a username for email addresses). > > Using: > > [text show=t]ScreenName=[grep > search=[^0-9a-zA-Z\-\_]&replace=][nickname][/grep][/text] > > if there is an embedded space, it does not get removed. > What have I done wrong with this? > > Thank you! > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > --- 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: grep question - removing spaces ( Clint Davis 2005)
  2. Re: grep question - removing spaces ( devaulw@onebox.com 2005)
  3. Re: grep question - removing spaces ( devaulw@onebox.com 2005)
  4. Re: grep question - removing spaces ( "Dale's eLists" 2005)
  5. Re: grep question - removing spaces ( Marc Thompson 2005)
  6. Re: grep question - removing spaces ( Marc Thompson 2005)
  7. Re: grep question - removing spaces ( devaulw@onebox.com 2005)
  8. Re: grep question - removing spaces ( "Dale's eLists" 2005)
  9. Re: grep question - removing spaces ( devaulw@onebox.com 2005)
  10. grep question - removing spaces ( "Dale's eLists" 2005)
Bill, ----- Original Message Follows ----- From: devaulw@onebox.com To: "WebDNA Talk" Subject: Re: grep question - removing spaces Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:41:56 -0400 > I don't see anything clearly wrong, but I'd try it without the backslashes. I could be wrong, but I thought I needed to escape those in order for those to work since a dash for example defines a range as in a-zA-z0-9 - without the backslash it doesn't work (at least for the dash). It also seems the order of the \- and \_ are important as when I had them in a different order it didn't work at all. As currently listed, the grep will not remove embedded spaces. I'm stumped! > Bill > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dale's eLists > Sent: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:44:35 -0500 > To: "WebDNA Talk" > Subject: grep question - removing spaces > > Hello, > > I have a grep statement where I am wanting to only allow > letters, numbers, dashes and underscores. No spaces or > other special charactors (this will eventually be used as > a username for email addresses). > > Using: > > [text show=t]ScreenName=[grep > search=[^0-9a-zA-Z\-\_]&replace=][nickname][/grep][/text] > > if there is an embedded space, it does not get removed. > What have I done wrong with this? > > Thank you! > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > --- 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/ "Dale's eLists"

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