Re: selective string-replace
Re: selective string-replace
- Subject: Re: selective string-replace
- From: "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 19:42:22 -0400
- Organization: [very little]
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From: email@hidden
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Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 16:04:54 EDT
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Subject: selective string-replace
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To: email@hidden
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I have a need to write a script that will convert strings like this:
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http://progressive.stream.aol.com/newline/gl/newline/lordoftherings/TheTwoTowe
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rs_480.mov
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http://progressive.stream.aol.com/wbonline/reloaded_teaser_1_480.mov
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into strings like this:
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http://progressive.stream.aol.com|newline|gl|newline|lordoftherings|TheTwoTowe
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rs_480.mov
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http://progressive.stream.aol.com|wbonline|reloaded_teaser_1_480.mov
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I somehow need to do a "search and replace" of the slashes with pipes, yet
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leave the http:// slashes intact. Is there a way I can do a stringreplace,
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yet somehow detect that if there's 2 slashes together, that they should be
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left untouched?
set theText to "
http://progressive.stream.aol.com/newline/gl/newline/lordoftherings/TheTwoTowe";
set od to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {"//"}
set theList to text items of theText
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {"/"}
set innerList to text items of item 2 of theList
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {"|"}
set item 2 of theList to (innerList as text)
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {""}
set theText to (theList as text)
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to od
theText
-->"http:/progressive.stream.aol.com|newline|gl|newline|lordoftherings|TheTwoTowe"
Marc K. Myers <email@hidden>
http://AppleScriptsToGo.com
4020 W.220th St.
Fairview Park, OH 44126
(440) 331-1074
[8/7/02 7:41:53 PM]
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