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Hi,

I have been getting hopelessly confused with escaping escape characters in
JScript! All I want to do is write a simple funtion:

function DoubleUpBackSlash(inputString)
{
???????
}

which will do the following:

<%
var inputString = "D:\Internet\test2.txt"
Response.Write(DoubleUpBackSlash(inputString));
%>

....printing out the following on the screen:
D:\\Internet\\test2.txt

Can anyone fill in the blanks in the function for me?

TIA,

JON

By the time you're passing the value to your function, you have to already
have the \s escaped. So, if you're hard-coding in the string value, which
you're currently doing, hard-code it with the \s doubled up already.

What are you trying to do with the value afterwards? Are you putting it in
a client-side javascript function? If so, escaping will have to be handled
again, but tell us what you're doing first before we worry about that.

Ray at work

"Jon Maz" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
>
> I have been getting hopelessly confused with escaping escape characters in
> JScript! All I want to do is write a simple funtion:
>
> function DoubleUpBackSlash(inputString)
> {
> ???????
> }
>
> which will do the following:
>
> <%
> var inputString = "D:\Internet\test2.txt"
> Response.Write(DoubleUpBackSlash(inputString));
> %>
>
> ...printing out the following on the screen:
> D:\\Internet\\test2.txt
>
> Can anyone fill in the blanks in the function for me?
>
> TIA,
>
> JON
>
>
>

Hi Ray,

This is what I'm after (see my comments in the code):

<%
var fso = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");

//doesn't work
var wfile = fso.CreateTextFile("D:\Internet\test2.txt", true);

//works
var wfile = fso.CreateTextFile(" D:\\Internet\\test2.txt", true);

//want this to work!
var wfile =
fso.CreateTextFile(DoubleUpBackSlash("D:\Internet\ test2.txt"), true);

wfile.WriteLine("This is a test.");
wfile.Close();
fso = null;
%>

Thanks,

JON

The //want this to work won't work in jscript! Is there any particular
reason that you don't want want to use the built-in escape functionality
that is required? You can't just elect to not use it. If you share the
reason for your desire, you may be surprised by a creative solution!

Ray at work



"Jon Maz" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi Ray,
>
> This is what I'm after (see my comments in the code):
>
> <%
> var fso = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
>
> //doesn't work
> var wfile = fso.CreateTextFile("D:\Internet\test2.txt", true);
>
> //works
> var wfile = fso.CreateTextFile(" D:\\Internet\\test2.txt", true);
>
> //want this to work!
> var wfile =
> fso.CreateTextFile(DoubleUpBackSlash("D:\Internet\ test2.txt"), true);
>
> wfile.WriteLine("This is a test.");
> wfile.Close();
> fso = null;
> %>
>
> Thanks,
>
> JON
>
>
>
>
>

Jon Maz wrote:
> Hi Ray,
>
> This is what I'm after (see my comments in the code):
>
> <%
> var fso = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
>
> //doesn't work
> var wfile = fso.CreateTextFile("D:\Internet\test2.txt", true);
>
> //works
> var wfile = fso.CreateTextFile(" D:\\Internet\\test2.txt", true);
>
> //want this to work!
> var wfile =
> fso.CreateTextFile(DoubleUpBackSlash("D:\Internet\ test2.txt"),
> true);
>
> wfile.WriteLine("This is a test.");
> wfile.Close();
> fso = null;
> %>
>
> Thanks,
>
> JON

If you are supplying a string literal (as above) you would have had to
already have typed in the \\ in order to get the string properly
interpreted. It's the same as if you typed in a string literal containing a
quote in vbscript:

s = "he said "something""

This would not be correctly interpreted either until you doubled the quotes.
s = "he said ""something"""

Bob Barrows

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quicker response by posting to the newsgroup.

"Jon Maz" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi Ray,
>
> This is what I'm after (see my comments in the code):
>
> <%
> var fso = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
>
> //doesn't work
> var wfile = fso.CreateTextFile("D:\Internet\test2.txt", true);
>
> //works
> var wfile = fso.CreateTextFile(" D:\\Internet\\test2.txt", true);
>
> //want this to work!
> var wfile =
> fso.CreateTextFile(DoubleUpBackSlash("D:\Internet\ test2.txt"), true);
>
> wfile.WriteLine("This is a test.");
> wfile.Close();
> fso = null;
> %>
>
> Thanks,
>
> JON

Unfortunately, it can't be done. It's the equivalent of trying to create the
DoubleUpQuote function in VBScript. By the time you construct the string to
pass to the function it's already too late. Sort of a weird catch-22
situation.

Hi Ray,

Reason's simple - it was a pain in the you-know-where copying file paths out
of a browser address window and manually doubling up the back slashes, so I
just thought I'd try to automate the process instead...

Cheers,

J


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Hi Bob & Chris,

Thanks, that explains what was screwy in my logic!

Cheers,

JON


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Wouldn't the browser address use a /?

If your values are already in variables, you don't have to escape the \. If
you have a variable with a value of "D:\Path" you don't have to escape that.

Again, if you show us what you're doing, you may find an answer.

Ray at work


"Jon Maz" <> wrote in message
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> Hi Ray,
>
> Reason's simple - it was a pain in the you-know-where copying file paths
> out
> of a browser address window and manually doubling up the back slashes, so
> I
> just thought I'd try to automate the process instead...
>
> Cheers,
>
> J
>
>
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Sorry Ray, I meant the Windows Explorer address bar, not browser address
bar.

J




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