Snipplr comments feed https://snipplr.com/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:51:42 +0000 https://snipplr.com/view/47454/template-system-replace-items-in-a-string-with-items-from-a-hash <p>Incidentally, it pisses me off that I have to run the regular expression twice (lines 5 and 6). Originally, I thought I could do it like this: var regExp : RegExp = new RegExp( "(%\{(.*?)})","g" ); //NOTE the "g" template = template.replace( regExp, replacements[ "$2" ] ); The "g" (global) switch will do all the replacements at once, so no need for a while loop. The $2 refers to the second (inner) parenthesis in the RegExp: (.*?). That will match the word inside the %{ } construct. The 2 in match[ 2 ], above, is doing the same thing. So if the construct is %{ADJECTIVE}, "$2" and match[ 2 ] match ADJECTIVE. However, what I discovered is that Actionscript won't let you pass the "$2" into another function or use it as a key to a hash. So replacements[ "$2" ] inside a replace() won't get parsed to replacements[ "ADJECTIVE" ]. It will literally look for replacements.$2. That forced me to first extract ADJECTIVE, with the exec() method, and then to use that string directly in the replace() command. Not a huge deal to run a RegExp twice, but not ideal in terms of optimization. Darn. If anyone knows a way around this, let me know.</p> Wed, 19 Jan 2011 07:36:26 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/47454/template-system-replace-items-in-a-string-with-items-from-a-hash https://snipplr.com/view/47454/template-system-replace-items-in-a-string-with-items-from-a-hash <p>Good to know that the previous string has been fixed now! <a href="https://www.google.com">Link to Google</a></p> Tue, 30 Mar 2021 02:36:34 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/47454/template-system-replace-items-in-a-string-with-items-from-a-hash https://snipplr.com/view/47454/template-system-replace-items-in-a-string-with-items-from-a-hash <p>It was so nice to see this snipper code you shared here. The above code shared here belongs <a href="https://peterveresmd.ca/">peter veres breast cancer treatment</a> to the template system that replaces items in a string with items from a hash. I am looking here for more such updates regarding that and keep sharing more details over here. Keep sharing more updates here.</p> Mon, 03 Oct 2022 07:43:18 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/47454/template-system-replace-items-in-a-string-with-items-from-a-hash