on mouseUp put "Enjoy the sunny days [at least in my place] :)" into tfilter
put replacetext(tFilter,"\[.*\]","(done)") into tfilter put tfilter end mouseUp Thierry 2012/7/19 Tiemo Hollmann TB <toolb...@kestner.de> > Hi, > > I want to replace a string with an opening and closing square bracket and > any sign in between with three question marks, like this > > put replacetext(tFilter,"[?]","???") into tFilter > > I tried to escape the square brackets like this: > > put replacetext(tFilter,"\[?\]","???") into tFilter > > and get as a result in tFilter only the second bracket replaced. > > What am I doing wrong? Thank you > > Tiemo > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode