Question

Language: asp

This is sample of my code:

str = "www.example.com/gotobuy.aspx?id=1234"
key_word = ".obuy."
Dim regEx
Set regEx = New RegExp
regEx.Pattern = key_word
regEx.IgnoreCase = True
regEx.Global = True
Set Matches = regEx.Execute(str)
if matches.count > 0 then
    new_string =  str
    For Each Match in Matches
        new_string = replace(new_string,match.value,"")
    Next
else
    new_string = str
end if
response.write new_string

The response will display:

www.example.com/goaspx?id=1234

I know (.) is one of Meta Character. But what if I want (.) just is (.), not any single word. What should I do?

Thanks for helping!

Answer 1

Since . is a metacharacter, to match ‘.’ you need to escape it, like as \.