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Backslashes being doubled

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Whenever a backslash is used in questions/answers/comments on splunk-base, another backslash will be added.

For instance, the following regex snippet is entered with single backslashes only, but splunk-base adds another backslash to each.

rex "(?<foo>\d+)\S+"

In regular text this doesn't seem to happen: rex "(?\d+)\S+"

But in text formatted using backticks it does: rex "(?<foo>\d+)\S+"

This is causing confusion for people sharing regular expressions etc. Are splunk-base administrators aware of this issue and working on a way to resolve it?

1 Solution

oprokhorenko_sp
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Thank you for heads up. This problem has been fixed on 19 Aug '11.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any problems or suggestions.

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oprokhorenko_sp
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Thank you for heads up. This problem has been fixed on 19 Aug '11.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any problems or suggestions.

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gkanapathy
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Even worse, the "preview" while you are editing it shows it correctly, i.e., without the extra characters.

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