Re: replaceregexp problem

[Chad Armstrong]

Hi Frank,
  The * looks a little weird below in the "match" string, * means 0 or
more of the preceding character, which I don't think is what you want.
Try it with .* instead and see if that helps.

Chad

On 7/22/05, Frank W. Zammetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all... having some trouble getting a regex replace to work... I have a
> JSP which contains the following line:
> 
> <!--Version--><span class="cssAboutVersion">Version 3.0<br>Build
> 3063<br>01/01/2005</span><!--EndVersion-->
> 
> I have a task in my build script like so:
> 
> <replaceregexp file="${toa_base_dir}/jsp/systemAbout.jsp"
> match="&lt;!--Version--&gt;*&lt;!--EndVersion--&gt;"
> replace="&lt;!--Version--&gt;&lt;span
> class=&quot;cssAboutVersion&quot;&gt;Version
> ${project_version}&lt;br&gt;Build
> ${next_build_number}&lt;br&gt;${build.datetime}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--EndVersion--&gt;"
> byline="true" />
> 
> But, nothing is getting replaced.  The file exists and is found, and all
> the properties are properly defined previously, it just seems to not be
> finding the matching text.  Any ideas?  Thanks!
> 
> --
> Frank W. Zammetti
> Founder and Chief Software Architect
> Omnytex Technologies
> http://www.omnytex.com
> 
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