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replace every "*" in string

2008-08-05T18:14:02-04:00

nvm, just figured it out:

Code:

regsub -all {\*|!} $mask {\\\0} mask

Statistics: Posted by BCyo+8C4 — Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:14 pm

replace every "*" in string

2008-08-05T18:06:20-04:00

That's odd... which version of tcl are you using?
Most versions of tcl have the varName argument optional. Nevertheless, try using something like this instead then:

Code:

regsub -all -- {\*|!} $mask {\\\0} maskedString

Statistics: Posted by nml375 — Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:06 pm

replace every "*" in string

2008-08-05T17:59:01-04:00

doesn't work
Tcl error [delban]: wrong # args: should be "regsub ?switches? exp string subSpec varName"
Entered the command exactly like you said, only changed the variable names:

Code:

set maskedString [regsub -all -- {\*|!} $mask {\\\0}]

also tried with just "{\*}" as expression but that failed as well.

Statistics: Posted by BCyo+8C4 — Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:59 pm

replace every "*" in string

2008-08-05T13:18:08-04:00

Regsub with a regular expression:

Code:

set maskedString [regsub -all -- {\*|!} $oldString {\\\0}]

Statistics: Posted by nml375 — Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:18 pm

replace every "*" in string

2008-08-05T12:22:21-04:00

Hi,
I'm keeping the channels banlist in a text file but got a problem removing the entries from that file as I can't figure out how to escape the asterisks.

sed expects every "*" and "!" to be escaped like "\*" and "\!"

What's the easiest way to replace _every_ "*" with "\*" in a given string? (Replacing just one isn't a problem, but for 5 my code had around 50 lines and is fugly)

Statistics: Posted by BCyo+8C4 — Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:22 pm