Same from,to for multiple $replace in export?

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#1

Hello,

Is there any way that the “from1,to1,from2,to2,fromx,tox” string can be entered once and used in multiple $replace functions in Export?

In order to export well formed HTML code, code that can pass HTML validation, I have several large $replace functions scattered within a single .mte file. Many of these $replace functions contain identical “from,to” information.

In the following excerpt from an .mte, the identical edit mask is used twice in the same HTML statement:

Please see attached file for example

Needing to repeat identical information several times within the .mte makes it more cumbersome to maintain and much easier to make mistakes.

Is there a better way of doing this that I haven’t discovered?

I had thought it might be possible to $puts the edit mask into a variable and then format the $replace somethiing like:
$puts(editmask,' ,,/,,;,,:,,á,A,ü,U,ó,O,é,E,&,-,?,-,!,-')
$replace(%albumartist%,$get(editmask))
But this syntax for the replace doesn’t seem to be viable and no value is returned from the $replace.

I did find another forum entry where $replace/$get was used like this:
$replace($get(my_NUMENTITY),&,&)
But that doesn’t really help in this case.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Mike

#2

Somehow much of my sample was omitted in my original save. Please refer to the attached file. Thank you. Mikehtml snippet.pdf (170.9 KB)

#3

The example that you quoted inserts a string there where the function expects a string. As you have found the $replace() does not allow variables in the replace-pairs-part. Currently.

#4

Thanks ohrenkino, I appreciate the confirmation.
-Mike-