More regex problems

[Christopher Benson-Manica]

These give me "invalid character". Why? Is it the ampersand or the
<>?

source=source.r eplace( /\</g, "&lt;" );
source=source.r eplace /\>/g, "&gt;" );



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[Evertjan.]

Re: More regex problems

Christopher Benson-Manica wrote on 03 dec 2004 in comp.lang.javas cript:
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> These give me "invalid character". Why? Is it the ampersand or the
> <>?
>
> source=source.r eplace( /\</g, "&lt;" );
> source=source.r eplace /\>/g, "&gt;" );
>[/color]

You miss the ( in the second example
You don't need to escape the < and >

Why ask? Did you try to temporarily removing the & ?

Please try first and ask later.

[Christopher Benson-Manica]

Re: More regex problems

Evertjan. <exjxw.hannivoo rt@interxnl.net > spoke thus:
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> You miss the ( in the second example[/color]

Today's been a bad day; can't believe I missed something so simple.
Sorry, and thanks.

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