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haiku
Wanderer
Joined: 19 Nov 2004
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 Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:41 pm
How do you escape characters?
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Here's a pattern that bothers me to no end:
^** You improve at being annoying. **$
Because of the * being a wildcard, I can't anchor this correctly. How would you anchor this so that I don't send Save to the mud when someone chats a silly comment? |
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forren
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Joined: 26 Apr 2007
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:43 pm Re: How do you escape characters?
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Here's a pattern that bothers me to no end:
^** You improve at being annoying. **$
Because of the * being a wildcard, I can't anchor this correctly. How would you anchor this so that I don't send Save to the mud when someone chats a silly comment? |
~ has worked for me, though I'm not at home to check. ^~*~* You improve at being annoying. ~*~*$ |
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MattLofton
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:51 pm
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If there are no other wildcards being used in the pattern, try using the Verbatim option instead of the quote character. Not sure if the anchor characters work in that mode, though, but plain text is always faster than wildcards.
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Fang Xianfu
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:13 pm
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The anchor characters (^$) do work in Verbatim mode, but nothing else does, so it'd be perfect in this instance.
Forren is right about ~ being used to escape things. There's a list of all the special characters in patterns here. |
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Arminas
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:01 pm
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Aww, Fang I like the Dr Who one better. 
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Progonoi
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:06 pm
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I must agree with Arminas on this! 
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Vijilante
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:50 pm
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Please guys, stay somewhat on topic here. Use PM's to talk to him about his signature and avatar.
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