dumb question about the treating an asterisk as an asterisk -- not a wildcard

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dumb question about the treating an asterisk as an asterisk -- not a wildcard

Postby jbonanca » Wed Jan 24, 2018 8:37 am

I have a string with elements like:

WALMEX*_MM

Forgive the dumb question, but how do I write a line that will get rid of that asterisk?

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Re: dumb question about the treating an asterisk as an asterisk -- not a wildcard

Postby EViews Gareth » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:25 am

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%a = "WALMEX*_MM"
%b = @replace(%a, "*", "")
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Re: dumb question about the treating an asterisk as an asterisk -- not a wildcard

Postby jbonanca » Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:36 am

Thank you Gareth. Now I feel especially idiotic. I thought I had tried something like that to no avail. At the risk of feeling yet more foolish, why is that asterisk not read as a wildcard? Thanks vm again.

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Re: dumb question about the treating an asterisk as an asterisk -- not a wildcard

Postby EViews Gareth » Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:57 am

Because @replace doesn't accept wildcards.
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