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.
> > >
> > > 
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