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How to escape periods in Super Strings

angelo_meloangelo_melo
in SRP Utilities

Hi, I am trying to figure out how to properly escape periods (.) in Super Strings.

Example 1

This works as expected:


name      = "Angelo"
greeting  = "Hello, $name."

But this does not work:


networkID = "199.188.1"
hostID    = "22"
myIP      = `$networkID.$hostID`

Example 2


jsonProperty = 'people_array'
itemIndex    = 4
nameProperty = 'name_full_with_middle_init'

This works:


jsonPath_noSuperStr = jsonProperty : '.' : itemIndex : '.' : nameProperty

But this does not:


jsonPath_yesSuperStr = `$jsonProperty.$itemIndex.$nameProperty`

Note: When I say "does not work," I mean it throws a "Variable not assigned to a value" runtime error.

Is there a proper way to escape or handle periods inside Super Strings?

Thanks you!

Comments

  • BarryStevensBarryStevens
    No idea what Super Strings are, so, chatgpt says:

    In OpenInsight SuperStrings, a period (.) is treated as a wildcard/special character, so to match a literal period you escape it with a backslash:
    "\."
    Example:
    ss = "file\.txt"
    This matches the literal text:
    file.txt
    rather than:
    filextxtfile1txt
    If you are writing the pattern inside a BASIC+ string, you may sometimes need to double the backslash depending on context:
    "file\\.txt"
    That’s because BASIC+ processes the first backslash before SuperStrings sees it.
  • DonBakkeDonBakke
    I moved this discussion into the SRP Utilities channel since this is the right place.

    Barry - Super Strings are part of our precompiler feature set which is included in the SRP Utilities.

    Angelo - We've seen areas where special characters being juxtaposed close to each other can cause problems. We've resolved all the ones that we've come across. I need to test to see if your situation is reproducible. Can you confirm the version of the SRPUtilities.dll file in your OI folder?

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