String Parser, Wildcard

[Olivier]

In a given string I'd like to replace several characters by another one. Is it possible with String Parser to do that in a single event in replacement of the 3 events below?

String Parser Set source string to replace$( "String Parser", "a", "$")
String Parser Set source string to replace$( "String Parser", "b", "$")
String Parser Set source string to replace$( "String Parser", "c", "$")

With the wildcard option enabled I've tried to use the code below without success. I think I'm missing something, or maybe the multi-character matching operator * doesn't work this way.

String Parser Set source string to replace$( "String Parser", "a*b*c*", "$")

[Joshtek]

String Parser supports wildcards but not regular expressions.

You could:
1. Set source string to set$( "String Parser", replace$( "String Parser", "a","$"))+set$( "String Parser", replace$( "String Parser", "b","$"))+set$( "String Parser", replace$( "String Parser", "c","$"))+string$( "String Parser" )
2. Use the SubString Replace Object: ReplaceSubstring$( "Substring Replace", ReplaceSubstring$( "Substring Replace", ReplaceSubstring$( "Substring Replace", "aabbcc", "a", "$"), "b", "$"), "c", "$")
3. Use loops
4. Use the Regular Expression Object

[Olivier]

Wow thank you very much Joshtek for such an exhaustive answer.

[Joshtek]

If you want to see how to do the loop method then check out part 4 of the MooClick video tutorials (linky).

[Olivier]

A bit off topic but it's worth mentioning anyway. For people interested in converting upper/lower characters with accents, Sphax has just updated his Formatted object to allow for this. The extension is available via FusionUpdater:
http://complex.ovh.org/index.php?p=products&l=en

[Olivier]

Another similar problem. I couldn't find a way to replace [whatever_string_inside_brackets] by another string. Let's say I have the string below:

Hit [whatever] to jump.

How to transform it in:

Hit [spacebar] to jump.

I've tried the (pseudo) code below without success. Yet the wildcard option is checked. Any clue?

•Start of Frame
   String Parser: Set source string to "Hit [whatever] to jump."
   String: Set alterable string to replace$( "String Parser", "[*]", "[spacebar]")