How to replace parts of a string wich can be found between [ and ] within a text with .gsub

Hi,

I have a titel of a task e.g. "[Project Alpha 20209] Initial Task" and I'd like to replace the part between [ and ] with a different content.

I tried with

without success. It does not recognize the part between the brackets and does not replace anything at all.

I think there is maybe a problem with the REGEX within the find section. I already tried it in vain with different expressions. Any hints?

Sachin Dalmia

said over 3 years ago

Thomas, your regex is fine. It's just that you should use forward slashes to encapsulate your complex regex expression. I understand the docs can be a little confusing. I'll have it updated soon.

/\[.*\]/

Moreover, you don't need to escape brackets to substitute. Here's a sample recipe that you can refer for this.

Thomas Winkler

said over 3 years ago

Dear Sachin,

thank you for your valuable advice. With your help now I was able to code a nice piece of recipe.

PS: I had not dared to make the "find" section like this, because when I entered the code this area was colored red. It then immediately looks "wrong" at first glance. :-D

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