I dont know any task. Which means: implement your own ;) Jan
<project> <scriptdef name="insert" language="javascript"> <!-- the string where to insert --> <attribute name="input"/> <!-- the string to insert --> <attribute name="string"/> <!-- the position where to insert --> <attribute name="position"/> <!-- property name for the result --> <attribute name="property"/> <![CDATA[ // Access to attributes pos = attributes.get("position"); input = attributes.get("input"); property = attributes.get("property"); str = attributes.get("string"); // Compute new value if (pos >= str.length) { newValue = input + str; } else { newValue = input.substring(0, pos) + str + input.substring(pos); } // Store result project.setNewProperty(property, newValue); ]]> </scriptdef> <insert input="xx" string="." position="1" property="out"/> <echo>${out}</echo> </project> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Ravi Roy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. Januar 2008 11:09 > An: Ant Users List > Betreff: Re: How to set a new property based on value of > another property in Ant ? > > On 1/29/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You could load different property files according to a base property > > <property file="${user.name}.properties"/> > > > > And with AntContrib you could copy contents > > <property name="text.en" value="Hello World"/> > > <property name="text.de" value="Hallo Welt"/> > > <property name="language" value="en"/> > > <antcontrib:propertycopy name="text" from="text.${language}"/> > > <echo>${text} = Hello World</echo> > > > > see also > http://ant.apache.org/faq.html#propertyvalue-as-name-for-property > > > > > > Jan > > Thanks Jan, > > But initially, I was looking for how to manipulate the string like - > pushing "." in between value of the property using ant. > > Regards, > Ravi > > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > > Von: Ravi Roy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. Januar 2008 09:53 > > > An: user@ant.apache.org > > > Betreff: How to set a new property based on value of another > > > property in Ant ? > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I want to set a property based on a value of the other > property in my > > > build script : > > > > > > Already defined property in a build file : > > > > > > <property foo.1="prop.1" value="xx" /> > > > > > > Want to set another property based on the value of this > property like. > > > > > > <property foo.2="prop2. value="x.x" /> > > > > > > Which means addding "." character after first character > in the value > > > of foo.1 property. > > > > > > Is it possible in ant ? > > > > > > Thanks for pointers. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Ravi. > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]