edits help

[Jeff Harrison]

----- Original Message ----

> From: Kenneth Brody <kenbrody at spamcop.net>
> To: Jeff Harrison <jeffaharrison at yahoo.com>
> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Sent: Thu, May 26, 2011 7:58:44 PM
> Subject: Re: edits help
> 
[snip]

> >>
> >>        { @ |  (!"'"!<&39;>) | * }
> >>
> >> Of  course, you still may need to pass the  original string through  
>TOHTML()
> >> first, to take care of the other  characters.   (Or extend the above edit 
to
> >> handle the other characters  as  well.)
> >
> > Great stuff.  I have got to remember the  @
> 
> Pop quiz time.  I hope everyone has been keeping good  notes...
> 
> Why does the above edit fail on fields with an apostrophe, if  the "@" part 
> is left off?
> 

Good question.  I never understood this - that is probably why I can't remember 
to use the @.  Is it because filepro is examining the original string before any 
replacement took place?  The end resulting string is larger but filepro needs to 
know that when it comes to the end of the original string that it is ok to 
continue?

Jeff Harrison
jeffaharrison at yahoo.com
Author of JHExport and JHImport