[7.56a] MRT: replacing mutiple strings using wildcards

[white]

In the Multi-rename tool when using search+replace multiple strings in one step using the pipe symbol (no regex!), wildcard matching in the replace field goes wrong.

It seems wildcard matching is only done when searching for the first string, but the wildcard use of the first string is maintained for the second string.

Examples:

Make a file named "filename".
Select the file and press Ctrl+M (Multi-rename tool).

Example 1 (wildcard use of first string is also used for second string)

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File name:        filename

Search for:       file|name
Replace with:     ?-?-|----

Result:           f-l-n-m-
Result should be: f-l-----

Example 2 (wildcard in second replace string is not processed)

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File name:        filename

Search for:       file|name
Replace with:     ----|?-?-

Result:           ----?-?-
Result should be: ----n-m-

Example 3 (correct, included to show what happens)

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File name:        filename

Search for:       file
Replace with:     -*

Result:           -ilenamename

Example 4 (correct, included to show what happens)

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File name:        filename

Search for:       file|name
Replace with:     -*|-

Result:           -ile--

Example 5 (wildcard use of first string is also used for second string)

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File name:        filename

Search for:       file|name
Replace with:     -*|--

Result:           -ile-amename-ame
Result should be: -ile----

[Hacker]

white,

Example 5 (wildcard use of first string is also used for second string)

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File name:        filename

Search for:       file|name
Replace with:     -*|--

Result:           -ile-amename-ame
Result should be: -ile----

Small note - should result not be:
-ile--
instead? (Without the last two --)

Roman

[white]

Small note - should result not be:
-ile--
instead? (Without the last two --)

No. As you can see in example 3 (and 4), the string "name" matches two times.

[ghisler(Author)]

Wildcards are not supported together with the | option, so the result will be completely random. I will check whether I can support wildcards.

[white]

I will check whether I can support wildcards.

Thanks.

[white]

Tested OK using TC 8.0b3 (32bit).

[ghisler(Author)]

Thanks!