Re: s.replace question

Posted by Wayne Rasband-2 on Aug 12, 2020; 7:13pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/s-replace-question-tp5023836p5023844.html

> On Aug 11, 2020, at 5:05 PM, Cammer, Michael <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> I have been trying to remove parentheses from a string using the s.replace command and have been getting strange results.  (Practically, I was able to solve the problem by cutting the string apart, trimming out the parentheses and reassembling the string, but am asking specifically about the s.replace behavior.)
>
>
> Code such as this
>
> newTitle = newTitle.replace("(", "");
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> returns an error message.

This bug is fixed in the ImageJ 1.53c63 daily build.

-wayne

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>
> Therefore, I tried setting a variable to "()" and used the following syntax:
>
> print("Before trying to replace parentheses:  " + newTitle);
> parentheses = fromCharCode(40, 41);
> print(parentheses);
> newTitle = newTitle.replace(parentheses, "");
> newTitle = newTitle + IJ.pad(i, 3);
> print("Processed:  " + newTitle);
> with output that does not remove the parentheses:
>
> Original:  c:3/3 - KO_1 nM_rep2_007.nd2 (series 1)
> Before trying to replace parentheses:  KO_1 nM_rep2_007 ()
> ()
> Processed:  KO_1 nM_rep2_007 ()027
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> And odder, the output in this case inserts "xx" between every character:
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>
> print("Before trying to replace parentheses:  " + newTitle);
> parentheses = fromCharCode(40, 41);
> print(parentheses);
> newTitle = newTitle.replace(parentheses, "xx");
> newTitle = newTitle + IJ.pad(i, 3);
> print("Processed:  " + newTitle);
>
>
>
> Original:  c:3/3 - KO_1 nM_rep2_007.nd2 (series 1)
> Before trying to replace parentheses:  KO_1 nM_rep2_007 ()
> ()
> Processed:  xxKxxOxx_xx1xx xxnxxMxx_xxrxxexxpxx2xx_xx0xx0xx7xx xx(xx)xx027
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>
>
> Any ideas?
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>
> Thank you!
>
>
> Michael Cammer, Sr Research Scientist, DART Microscopy Laboratory
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