Re: String replace.

[Andrew Goktepe]

Try escaping the & character xml-style with & instead of \&

pattern="<"

-Andrew

On 8/22/07, Chun Ji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Does someone know how to replace a string such as "&lt;" to be "<" in a
> html file by ANT.
> The target that I have created in my build.xml is :
> "
> ...
> <target name="change">
>         <replaceregex file="test.html" pattern="\&lt;" replace="<" />
>         <replaceregex file="test.html" pattern="\&gt;" replace=">" />
> </target>
> ..
> ",
>
> but I see such errors:
> "
> The value of attribute "replace" associated with an element type
> "replaceregex" must not contain the '<' character.
> "
>
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
>
> Charlie
>
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