thanks, but as you suspected...I don't have access to
the underlying code. Thats the problems.
this has to be done in template toolkit alone!
--- Josh Rosenbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> JustSome person wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > How would I do this in template toolkit. I am
> using a
> > Macro because I need to run this in many places...
> >
> > basically I want to find a word within a string
> and
> > then add a apostrophe on it. But the word
> sometimes is
> > capitalized, sometimes not etc...this is what I
> have,
> > but I don't know what to do once I find a
> > match...ala..
> >
> > MACRO changword(t)
> > t.replace('(?ig)catdog','');
> >
> > I want to end up with ..
> >
> > cat,dog
> >
> > But sometimes it could be Cat,Dog
>
> JustSome Person, ;)
>
> Well you could use multiple replaces, but I'd
> suggest just creating your own virtual method. Like
> so:
> $Template::Stash::SCALAR_OPS->{ changeword } =
> sub {
> # Make sure not to put any parameters in the
> # second portion of the replace. (Since they
> could be tainted
> # and do something bad, I think.)
> my ($scalar, $text1, $text2) = @_;
> $scalar =~ s/($text1)($text2)/$1,$2/ig;
> return
> };
>
> Then call it via: t.changeword('cat', 'dog');
>
> or no params like so:
> $Template::Stash::SCALAR_OPS->{ changeword } =
> sub {
> # Make sure not to put any parameters in the
> # second portion of the replace. (Since they
> could be tainted
> # and do something bad, I think.)
> my ($scalar) = @_;
> $scalar =~ s/(cat)(dog)/$1,$2/ig;
> return
> };
>
> Then call it via: t.changeword();
>
> Disclaimer: I didn't check the syntax here.
>
> If you don't have access to the underlying code,
> then that's a different matter all together. :)
>
> -- Josh
>
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