TextPipe bug in Replace Exact when Find = \rc

[dfhtextpipe]

When the Find pattern is

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\rc

and the Find type is Exact, then TextPipe v8.0.9 treats the backslash as if it were part of a Perl pattern, so it does not find the pattern.

I think this is a critical bug.

TextPipe is using \r\n to display and list [CR][LF] even in Exact filters.
It would seem that instead of restricting this representation to how it displays the pattern, it is also doing this for how it uses the pattern.
Hence the following pattern

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abc\rdef

is in effect being treated as if it were

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abc
def

which is inherently wrong.

[DataMystic Support]

No, it's not wrong. How else could you represent escape characters such as \x00 without this facility?

It operates the same as for the other search/replace types, but it does not allow patterns.

[dfhtextpipe]

Dear Simon,

What is the correct way to do an Exact Find for the string

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\rc

where \r does NOT represent a [CR] ? This \rc is part of Standard Format Markup, used by Bible translators.

Everyting I tried with Find type=Exact was unsuccessful. I had to resort to using a Perl pattern instead.

Best regards,
David Haslam

[DataMystic Support]

Just

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\\rc

will do it