Re: grep question - removing spaces

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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Here's what I use to clean up form variables passed to a page: [formvariables] [text][name]=[GetChars start=1&end=35][Grep search=[^-._@A-Za-z0-9 ]&replace=][value][/Grep][/GetChars][/text] [/formvariables] Notice the line wrap immediately following the 0-9. That is a space. Marc Dale's eLists wrote: > 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/ > > -- ------------------------------------------- Marc Thompson Software Engineer Office of Information Technology University of Utah 801.585.9264 marc.thompson@utah.edu ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- 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)
Here's what I use to clean up form variables passed to a page: [formvariables] [text][name]=[GetChars start=1&end=35][Grep search=[^-._@A-Za-z0-9 ]&replace=][value][/Grep][/GetChars][/text] [/formvariables] Notice the line wrap immediately following the 0-9. That is a space. Marc Dale's eLists wrote: > 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/ > > -- ------------------------------------------- Marc Thompson Software Engineer Office of Information Technology University of Utah 801.585.9264 marc.thompson@utah.edu ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Marc Thompson

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