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.MarcDale'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 ThompsonSoftware EngineerOffice of Information TechnologyUniversity of Utah801.585.9264marc.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/
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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.MarcDale'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 ThompsonSoftware EngineerOffice of Information TechnologyUniversity of Utah801.585.9264marc.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/
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