Trouble with StringReplace * ? ;

[PuzzledGreatly]

This works for ;

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Stringreplace, SearchTerm, SearchTerm, `;, %A_space%

But none of these work for * and ? (nothing is replaced)

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Stringreplace, SearchTerm, SearchTerm, `*, %A_space%
Stringreplace, SearchTerm, SearchTerm, `?, %A_space%
Stringreplace, SearchTerm, SearchTerm, *, %A_space%
Stringreplace, SearchTerm, SearchTerm, ?, %A_space%

How do I turn * and ? into a space? Could RegExReplace() replace all three in one go? I haven't been able to get my head around RegEx.

[kon]

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text = 
(
line1;blah
line2*blah
line3?blah
)

Stringreplace, text, text, `;, %A_space%, All
MsgBox, % text

Stringreplace, text, text, *, %A_space%, All
MsgBox, % text

Stringreplace, text, text, ?, %A_space%, All
MsgBox, % text

text = 
(
line1;blah
line2*blah
line3?blah
)

MsgBox, % RegexReplace(text, ";|\*|\?", " ")

[PuzzledGreatly]

Thanks, the RegexReplace worked but the Stringreplace didn't. Could it be because in my actual code I am using it inside a function?

[tmplinshi]

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MsgBox, % Test("*123*?")

Test(var)
{
	Stringreplace, var, var, *, %A_space%, All
	Stringreplace, var, var, ?, %A_space%, All
	Return var
}

[PuzzledGreatly]

Thanks, I have something similar but there is an issue with * and ? - these are being ignored by stringreplace on my PC.

[Tyrer]

tmplinshi's code works perfectly. Could it be a problem with global variables in functions? ie. the following won't work:

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 var=*123*?

Test()
{
	
    Stringreplace, var, var, *, %A_space%, All
    Stringreplace, var, var, ?, %A_space%, All
}
Test()
msgbox %var%

but this will:

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 var=*123*?

Test()
{
	global Var
    Stringreplace, var, var, *, %A_space%, All
    Stringreplace, var, var, ?, %A_space%, All
}
Test()
msgbox %var%

[PuzzledGreatly]

Thanks try this one - the ? is removed but the * isn't:

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         var=*123*?
         
        Test(Var)
        {
            static Var1
            Stringreplace, var1, var, *, %A_space%, All
            Stringreplace, var1, var, ?, %A_space%, All
			msgbox %var1%
        }
        Test(var)

[Guest10]

could this work static Var >> global Var?

[Tyrer]

The code doesn't work because in the first stringreplace, var1 becomes var with * replaced. In the second stringreplace, var1 now becomes the original var with the ? replaced.
This would work:

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var=*123*?
         
        Test(Var)
        {
            static Var1
            Stringreplace, var1, var, *, %A_space%, All
            Stringreplace, var1, var1, ?, %A_space%, All
         msgbox %var1%
        }
        Test(var)

[PuzzledGreatly]

The code doesn't work because in the first stringreplace, var1 becomes var with * replaced.

Arh, thanks, I had missed that.

[dangerdogL2121]

Hey guys

This saves a static variable

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var=*123*?

Test(Var)
{
  Stringreplace, var1, var, *, %A_space%, All
  Stringreplace, var1, var1, ?, %A_space%, All
  msgbox %var1%
return var1
}
returnvalue := Test(var)
msgbox, %returnvalue%

Don't know if this is better or worse than a static or global variable but its just another way to do it.