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How to replace backslash by double backslash using eval in search and props.conf

jay
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for example :  C:\user\process  -->  C:\\user\\process

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manan_amin
Explorer

In Eval, We can use string format function (replace) to replace "\" by two "\\". 

Here, We need to escape "\" two times,

One of the way to replace it,

 

props.conf 

EVAL-new_path = replace(path ,"(\\\\)","\\\\\1")

 

in Search Query:

| eval new_path = replace(path ,"(\\\\)","\\\\\1")

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manan_amin
Explorer

In Eval, We can use string format function (replace) to replace "\" by two "\\". 

Here, We need to escape "\" two times,

One of the way to replace it,

 

props.conf 

EVAL-new_path = replace(path ,"(\\\\)","\\\\\1")

 

in Search Query:

| eval new_path = replace(path ,"(\\\\)","\\\\\1")

highsplunker
Contributor

why 4 backslashes?

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