Generic version replacement – II
January 23, 2008I have successfully implemented a replacement for #DOTLESS_VERSION#, #DASHTODOT_VERSION#, etc. as mentioned previously. This successfully deprecates the following existing version replacements as follows:-
- #DOTLESS_VERSION# = #REPLACE([.],,#VERSION#)#
- #DASHTODOT_VERSION# = #REPLACE(-,.,#VERSION#)#
- #DOTTOUNDERSCORE_VERSION# = #REPLACE([.],_,#VERSION#)#
- #DOTTODASH_VERSION# = #REPLACE([.],-,#VERSION#)#
This also allows for more complex replacements in combination with #VERSION[x]#. For example, if you want the dotless major-minor version, you would do: #REPLACE([.],,#VERSION[:2]#)#.
Note how the value of x is [.] in some of the above examples. This is because x is treated as a regular expression and the dot is a special character in regular expressions so it needs to be put in [] to escape it. This allows for even more complex replacements like #REPLACE([.-_],,#VERSION#)# which removes all dots, dashes and underscores or something even more ridiculous as #REPLACE([0-9],,#VERSION#)# which replaces all numbers with nothing.
Anyway, flexibility is a good thing, especially when it comes to dealing with a million applications, each with its own conventions.
