Re: Convert "&" to "&" using [grep]

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2006


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 67585
interpreted = N
texte = [grep search=[url]&[/url]&replace=[url]&[/url]] Brian Fries BrainScan Software On Jun 26, 2006, at 11:19 AM, Dan Strong wrote: > I've checked the archives, but the formatting is kinda screwy (or > maybe the formatting is fine and I'm just screwy...) anyhowI'm not > finding the answer I need... > > I want to simply convert "&" to "&" in a whole bunch of text. I > don't want to [url] it all because I only want to convert the > ampersands, and I don't want to do a custom convertchars because I > want to keep the conversion within the code itself (I don't want to > have to add another file, i.e. a custom convert.db) > > Ideally, I want to do something like this, but of course my syntax > is wrong: > > [grep search=&&replace=&][the_text][/grep] > > Online docs aren't telling me much either. > > TIA, > -Dan > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 digest@talk.smithmicro.com> > 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: Convert "&" to "&" using [grep] ( Brian Fries 2006)
  2. Convert "&" to "&" using [grep] ( "Dan Strong" 2006)
[grep search=[url]&[/url]&replace=[url]&[/url]] Brian Fries BrainScan Software On Jun 26, 2006, at 11:19 AM, Dan Strong wrote: > I've checked the archives, but the formatting is kinda screwy (or > maybe the formatting is fine and I'm just screwy...) anyhowI'm not > finding the answer I need... > > I want to simply convert "&" to "&" in a whole bunch of text. I > don't want to [url] it all because I only want to convert the > ampersands, and I don't want to do a custom convertchars because I > want to keep the conversion within the code itself (I don't want to > have to add another file, i.e. a custom convert.db) > > Ideally, I want to do something like this, but of course my syntax > is wrong: > > [grep search=&&replace=&][the_text][/grep] > > Online docs aren't telling me much either. > > TIA, > -Dan > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 digest@talk.smithmicro.com> > 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/ Brian Fries

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