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Re: string containing * (asterisk)

2019-03-04T11:23:42-04:00

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Am trying to detect strings with * (asterisks) in them to do (something)...

Have tied:
Code:
if {[string match "{*\*}*" $tt]}...

Playing in partyline, I first did:

Code:

.set testtext "bla bla * bla"

Code:

 .tcl string match {*\**} $testtext Tcl: 1

Compared to yours, all I did was move the last asterisk to be inside the curly braces.

For the heck of it, I then played with it some more:

Code:

 .tcl string match {*\* *} $testtext Tcl: 1 .tcl string match {* \* *} $testtext Tcl: 1 .tcl string match {* \*  *} $testtext Tcl: 0 .tcl string match {* \* *} $testtext Tcl: 1

I hope this helps.

Statistics: Posted by willyw — Mon Mar 04, 2019 11:23 am

string containing * (asterisk)

2019-03-04T02:05:03-04:00

Thanks for the reply...will give it a go!

Statistics: Posted by NewzNZ — Mon Mar 04, 2019 2:05 am

string containing * (asterisk)

2019-03-04T01:57:39-04:00

Code:

% set text "* bla bla * bla"* foo% string first * $text0% set text "bla bla * bla"bla bla * bla% string first * $text8

as you can see it returns the position of first match.

Statistics: Posted by caesar — Mon Mar 04, 2019 1:57 am

string containing * (asterisk)

2019-03-03T20:34:05-04:00

Hi there

Am trying to detect strings with * (asterisks) in them to do (something)...

Have tied:

Code:

if {[string match "{*\*}*" $tt]}andif {[string match "*\**" $tt]}

...but no luck. Any help would be appreciated!
Cheers

Statistics: Posted by NewzNZ — Sun Mar 03, 2019 8:34 pm