I tried with 4 backslashes but no change: c:\\\\foo\\\\bar\\\\dude Hind Lwahhabi.
-----Original Message----- From: Gisbert Amm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 8/2/2005 5:25 PM To: Ant Users List Subject: Re: Another Problem with a regular expression You need to escape the backslashes, see e.g. http://www.regular-expressions.info/java.html Regards, Gisbert Amm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello; > it's me again. > i tought everything was fine but then i saw strange problem with my > propertyregexp usage. > my snippet is: > <propertyregex property="some.name" override="true" input="${some.input}" > regexp="([0-9A-Z\/\.a-z]+)" replace="${some.dir}\1" global="true"/> > > some.dir being an absolute windows directory: c:\foo\bar\dude > some.input being a relative directory= /some/other/directory > when i run this i get as a result: > C\:foobardude/some/other/directory > > with allthe "\" removed from some.dir. > > Any clue? > (i tried to add the backslach in regexp but it does not change anything...) > > > > Hind Lwahhabi. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tue 8/2/2005 4:36 PM > To: user@ant.apache.org > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: FW: regular expression help+tokens instead of words > > > > Hind Lwahhabi. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lwahhabi, Hind > Sent: Tue 8/2/2005 4:34 PM > To: Ant Users List Patrick Martin > Subject: RE: regular expression help+tokens instead of words > > > no because the line does not start with a blank. > thanks anyway:) > i have solved my problem(see my previous mail) with > regexp="([0-9A-Z\/\.a-z]+)" replace="myPrefix\1" > > Hind Lwahhabi. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tue 8/2/2005 4:32 PM > To: Ant Users List > Subject: Re: regular expression help+tokens instead of words > > Hi, > > You could try to replace the blank character by ' myPrefix' (not the > blank before myPrefix). > > <propertyregex property="regexp.name" > input="Foo Bar Blah Blah" > regexp=" " > replace=" myPrefix" > global="true" > casesensitive="false" /> > > Patrick Martin > > On 8/2/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>thanks Ahmed it works for the sample string i provided. >>My question is how can you avoid special characters e.g instead of Foo Bar >>blabla , you have: >>input string=foo/bar.ext foo/some1.ext. >>The goal is to match the tokens separated by blank space and not words. >> >>Thanks for any help! >> >> >>Hind Lwahhabi. >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Basel Ahmed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Tue 8/2/2005 3:42 PM >>To: Ant Users List >>Cc: user@ant.apache.org >>Subject: RE: regular expression help >> >>Here's a code snippet that does what you'd like to do with >><propertyregexp>. >> >><propertyregex property="regexp.name" >> input="Foo Bar Blah Blah" >> regexp="([A-Za-z]+)" >> replace="myPrefix\1" >> global="true" >> casesensitive="false" /> >> >> >>The result is: >> [echo] Regular expression is: myPrefixFoo myPrefixFoo myPrefixFoo >>myPrefixFoo >> >>Basel Ahmed >>Federated Systems Group >>Site Build & Launch (Duluth) >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>678-474-3203 >> >> >>"Time is the coin of your life. 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When >>you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it--immediately." >>-- Stephen Covey >> >> >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> centure.com> >> To >> 08/02/2005 09:21 <user@ant.apache.org> >> AM cc >> >> Subject >> Please respond to RE: regular expression help >> "Ant Users List" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> org> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Do you mean: >><propertyregexp property="testprefix" regexp="\w*" replace="myPrefix"/> >>But then all the words would be replaced by the prefix , no? >>Forgive me i ama beginner in regular expressions:) >> >> >>Hind Lwahhabi. >>Accenture Belgium - Financial Services & Insurance >>Koningstraat 145 Rue Royale, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium >>mobile: +32 499567544 >>phone: + 32 2 226 75 44 >>E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: James Fuller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Tue 8/2/2005 3:11 PM >>To: Ant Users List >>Subject: Re: regular expression help >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >>>Hello guys; >>>I would like some help for the following. >>>Using <propertyregexp> how would you perform the following: >>> >>>input string="Foo Bar Jeff Blabla" >>>replacing prefix="myPrefix" >>>result string="myPrefixFoo myPrefixBar myPrefixJeff myPrefixBlabla" >>> >>> >> >> \w* should match every word or u could use the ^ method. >> >> >>I normally use something like this to match words >>/\b([A-Za-z]+)\b >> >> >>gl, Jim Fuller >> >> >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >>This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain >>privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. 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