Grep Problems
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texte = I need to extract the five digit number between the pipes in the followingstring:XXL - White|90140|1-I can get this to work using the following grep search in a text editor(BBEdit), but not in WebDNA 6.x:(\|)([0-9]+)(\|)The following WebDNA code does *NOT* work:[grep search=(\|)([0-9]+)(\|)&replace=\2]XXL - White|90140|1-[/grep]It seems that WebDNA won't accept multiple patterns. So, how could I usegrep to remove the leading and trailing characters so that the result is:90140I tried this with no success:[grep search=[a-zA-Z\s\-]*\|&replace=]XXL - White|90140|1-[/grep]???-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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I need to extract the five digit number between the pipes in the followingstring:XXL - White|90140|1-I can get this to work using the following grep search in a text editor(BBEdit), but not in WebDNA 6.x:(\|)([0-9]+)(\|)The following WebDNA code does *NOT* work:[grep search=(\|)([0-9]+)(\|)&replace=\2]XXL - White|90140|1-[/grep]It seems that WebDNA won't accept multiple patterns. So, how could I usegrep to remove the leading and trailing characters so that the result is:90140I tried this with no success:[grep search=[a-zA-Z\s\-]*\|&replace=]XXL - White|90140|1-[/grep]???-------------------------------------------------------------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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