Yes, I know that solution, but lets say the text comes from a database
or some other source rather than being hardcoded in the template. Is
there a more general/correct solution than something along the lines of:
b.replace('_err_', a.replace('$','\$'));
or its correct equivalent - figuring out what backslashes are needed
there makes my head hurt!
On 21/04/2010 16:30, Andy Wardley wrote:
> On 21/04/2010 14:51, Travis Basevi wrote:
>> [%
>> a = 'this problem will cost me $50 million to fix';
>> b = 'WARNING:_err_';
>> b.replace('_err_', a);
>> %]
>
> The '$50' is being interpreted as a back-reference to the 50th
> set of capturing parens (of which there are none).
>
> Escaping the '$' with a backslash will fix it:
>
> a = 'this problem will cost me \$50 million to fix';
>
> Problem solved! How do I claim my $50 million? :-)
>
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