Escape sequence in set function

[dervoudi]

Hi,

how do I escape characters in the set function?

E.g.  I would like to store a complete javascript function in a variable and then call it later in the template. But as soon as I use "{" in the variable, the script won't work.

Is there an escape sequence for special characters?

This works:

${set(myFunction,"v=2*w;v.toString()")}
%{var w=4;${myFunction}}

This doesn't work:

${set(myFunction,"function retVal(w){var v=2*w;return v.toString()}"}
%{${myFunction} var w=4;retVal(w)}

[Rui Rodrigues]

Hi @Waldemar Friesen,

A ")" is missing on myFunction definition.

Try this:

${set(myFunction,"function retVal(w){var v=2*w;return v.toString()}")}
%{${myFunction} var w=4;retVal(w)}

Chers,

Rui Rodrigues.

[dervoudi]

Hi @Rui Rodrigues,

thanks for the quick reply. Sorry for the misspelling. In my test environment the syntax was correct. I tried to copy the code into the comment field, but it always tried to open a new page instead of pasting it into the field... So I had to write it manually and forgot the closing bracket.

This means: It still does not work. As soon as you type an "{" in your variable value, xporter breaks processing.

Simple example:

Line to process: "String without brackets"
${set(varWithoutBrackets,"String without brackets")}
Print out from Variable: ${varWithoutBrackets}

Line to process: "String {with} brackets"
${set(varWithBrackets,"String {with} brackets")}
Print out from Variable: ${varWithBrackets}

Result:

 error.PNG

I think this is a bug. Either there should be an escape sequence for special characters or xporter should not try to evaluate variable values.

Regards,

Waldemar Friesen