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rexReplace not working

noisyass2
noisyass2 over 13 years ago
in Skill..
how can i replace "<"  with "& l t ;"  (without the spaces) within a string.. 
i tried rexReplace but it doesnt work..



rexCompile("<")
varname= rexReplace(varname"& l t ;" 0)
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  • djhutchi
    djhutchi over 13 years ago
    You may want to try  using rexSubstitute instead of rexReplace

    > setq name "MY"

    "MY"

    > rexCompile("[A-Z]+")

    t

    > rexSubstitute("\\0<NAME>")

    "MY<NAME>"

    >
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  • eDave
    eDave over 13 years ago
    rexCompile("
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  • eDave
    eDave over 13 years ago
    Chrome is making this difficult. Double backslash the ampersand in your rexReplace command
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  • noisyass2
    noisyass2 over 13 years ago
    I had a hard time posting the question too :/ hence, the spaces. :/ anyway, the double backslashes worked like a charm.. Thanks!!
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