I was expecting somebody to also recommend Python for this kind of operation. :-)
String literals make this kind of issue trivial.
-Brad
> -------Original Message-------
> Well, if you *have* to use it that way I suppose ....
>
> ;)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
> > [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of brad
> > Sent: 25-October-2005 18:50
> > To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> > Subject: RE: Slashing back at RegExp
> >
> > Except in the case where you are running the replace or match
> > function on an input string variable.
> >
> > function StrRep(inStr, repStr){
> > var re = new ReExp(inStr);
> > ...
> > }
> >
> >
> > > -------Original Message-------
> > > You don't *have* to create a regexp object in order to use regular
> > > expressions:
> > >
> > > Var s = "pooString"
> > >
> > > S.replace( /poo/, "pee" )
> > >
> > > I find this more legible than all the crap wraparound
> > stuff in the MS docs.
> > >
> > > You can also say:
> > >
> > > Re = /poo/g;
> > >
> > > And in your example:
> > >
> > > Re = /\\/;
> > >
> > > Will work.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
> > > > [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of brad > Sent:
> > > 25-October-2005 18:08 > To: xsi(at)Softimage.COM > Subject: Slashing
> > > back at RegExp > > In jscript, the following raises an error:
> > > >
> > > > re = new RegExp("\\");
> > > >
> > > > And so does this:
> > > >
> > > > var str = "C:\\";
> > > > re = new RegExp(str);
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I have a workaround that gets the job done, but I was >
> > wondering
> > > if anyone has figured out a way to instantiate the > RegExp object
> > > for backslashes.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Cheers!
> > > > -Brad
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