RE: Feature Request for builtin "replace"
Hi Denis and Barrie,
Thank you both for your answers.
Good to see, that there are always a lot of possibilities in Freemarker to
solve some problems.
--
Mcihael
-Original Message-
From: Denis Bredelet
Sent: Dienstag, 22. Oktober 2019 17:04
To: dev@freemarker.apache.org
Subject: Re: Feature Request for builtin "replace"
Hi Michael
> On 22 Oct 2019, at 15:50, Barrie Selack wrote:
>
> Michael,
>
> Could you use remove_begining and remove_ending?
>
> https://freemarker.apache.org/docs/ref_builtins_string.html#ref_builti
> n_remove_ending
>
> Barrie
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 10:31 AM Riehemann, Michael <
> michael.riehem...@coremedia.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a Feature Request for the string built-in "replace".
>>
>> This built-in has some additional flags, see
>> https://freemarker.apache.org/docs/ref_builtins_string.html#ref_built
>> in_string_flags
>>
>> Example:
>> We have string, in which we want to remove the first and last
>> appearance of a substring.
>> The first one is possible, but not the last one. Or do I miss
>> something here?
You could use a combination of keep_before_last and keep_after_last :)
— Denis.
>> Code:
>> <#assign testString="start some text start end some more lines end again"
>> />
>> ${testString?replace("start", "", "f")} = some text start end some
>> more lines end again
>>
>> It would be nice to have a flag "l" to get the last one.
>> ${testString?replace("end", "", "l")} = start some text start end
>> some more lines again
>>
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Michael Riehemann
>>
Re: Feature Request for builtin "replace"
Hi Michael
> On 22 Oct 2019, at 15:50, Barrie Selack wrote:
>
> Michael,
>
> Could you use remove_begining and remove_ending?
>
> https://freemarker.apache.org/docs/ref_builtins_string.html#ref_builtin_remove_ending
>
> Barrie
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 10:31 AM Riehemann, Michael <
> michael.riehem...@coremedia.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a Feature Request for the string built-in "replace".
>>
>> This built-in has some additional flags, see
>> https://freemarker.apache.org/docs/ref_builtins_string.html#ref_builtin_string_flags
>>
>> Example:
>> We have string, in which we want to remove the first and last appearance
>> of a substring.
>> The first one is possible, but not the last one. Or do I miss something
>> here?
You could use a combination of keep_before_last and keep_after_last :)
— Denis.
>> Code:
>> <#assign testString="start some text start end some more lines end again"
>> />
>> ${testString?replace("start", "", "f")} = some text start end some more
>> lines end again
>>
>> It would be nice to have a flag "l" to get the last one.
>> ${testString?replace("end", "", "l")} = start some text start end some
>> more lines again
>>
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Michael Riehemann
>>
Re: Feature Request for builtin "replace"
Michael,
Could you use remove_begining and remove_ending?
https://freemarker.apache.org/docs/ref_builtins_string.html#ref_builtin_remove_ending
Barrie
On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 10:31 AM Riehemann, Michael <
michael.riehem...@coremedia.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a Feature Request for the string built-in "replace".
>
> This built-in has some additional flags, see
> https://freemarker.apache.org/docs/ref_builtins_string.html#ref_builtin_string_flags
>
> Example:
> We have string, in which we want to remove the first and last appearance
> of a substring.
> The first one is possible, but not the last one. Or do I miss something
> here?
>
> Code:
> <#assign testString="start some text start end some more lines end again"
> />
> ${testString?replace("start", "", "f")} = some text start end some more
> lines end again
>
> It would be nice to have a flag "l" to get the last one.
> ${testString?replace("end", "", "l")} = start some text start end some
> more lines again
>
>
> What do you think?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Michael Riehemann
>
