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Hi all,

I have 2 basic syntax questions but could not find the answers via a quick search, thus am hoping some bright minds could enlighten this aging one. I apologize in advance if these have been discussed before.


1. Using variable names in RegExReplace
In this example:



Is there anyway to add text in addition to %ADDRESS%, for example:



Each time I attempt a mix of variables and texts to replace, AutoHotKey throws an error and halts the execution.


2. Assigning semicolon into a variable
Is there anyway to assign the following text into a variable?



When I simply add a variable name = in front of this string, the first semicolon turns the rest into a comment.

Found the solution for issue #2 with the escape character `. Had tried \ and ; but forgot to try `. Thanks forum.

If anyone could help with issue #1, it would be greatly appreciated.

Untested, but that should work.

pokercurious,

That worked great, thanks much! I'm wondering if that's a common convention for Regular Expressions? Because I went through the AutoHotKey help file and could not find this in the RegExMatch/RegExReplace/Quick Reference sections. I would suggest this information be added into the help file in case I didn't mis-read.

No, that is common expression convention. Only literal strings should be contained within double quotes, any variable references should be outside of the quotes.

Krogdor,

If you look at the sample code I provided, my variable name was outside of the quotes, which I agree is common knowledge. What I have not seen before, however, was the way the variable references had to be notated, namely surrounded with " . " (space, dot, space), which I could not find mentioned in the help file. This is what I wish could be included in the documentation to help other noob scripters like me.