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Beginner Joined: 26 Aug 2002 Posts: 17 Location: USA

I posted a few days ago about the problem I was having getting a trigger to store braces and double quotes to a variable. It was recommended that I use the &varname method, which has worked perfectly:

^* is auctioning &db_item_name ~(Level *, Num (*)~). Current bid is *.$

Now I'm encountering another problem. No matter what method I use to try and store the data to a variable (the data being the part above where I'm using &db_item_name), I cannot get the trigger to fire if the item name includes a @ sign.

I've even tried (briefly, as I'm aware of the risks it imposes) the wildcard capture method, which didn't work.

So I'm sort of back to the drawing board on this one. Does anyone know a method I could use that can store braces, double quotes, AND @ signs?

Thanks very much,

Adam

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

As per the help page Pattern Matching...the &variableName syntax default to an * wildcard, but supports controlling the wildcard in the format: &wildcardvariableName.

If you therefore use "&%*db_item_name" it will capture all special characters. The caveats to protect yourself from possible problems are to always use %expand(@db_item_name,1) everywhere you reference the variable.