<div dir="ltr">That did the trick. Here's my simplified version:<div><br></div><div>(place=village | place=hamlet) & name~'.*[?].*' {delete name}</div><div><br></div><div>I'm pretty sure I tried putting the question mark inside brackets but it didn't work. Maybe the enclosing quotes make a difference? At any rate, it's working now.<br><div><br></div><div>Thank you and best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Dave</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 4:16 AM, Walter Schlögl <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Walter.Schloegl-Resch@aon.at" target="_blank">Walter.Schloegl-Resch@aon.at</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>I am checking, if names only include ? and delete it with this rule</div>
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<div>name~'^(?=\s*\?)[?\s]+$'
{ delete name }</div>
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<div>Maybe it’s helpfull even if you are looking for a different solution.</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="mike@tvage.co.uk" href="mailto:mike@tvage.co.uk" target="_blank">Mike Baggaley</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 18, 2015 4:53 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="daveswarthout@gmail.com" href="mailto:daveswarthout@gmail.com" target="_blank">daveswarthout@gmail.com</a> ; <a title="mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk" href="mailto:mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk" target="_blank">'Development list for mkgmap'</a>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [mkgmap-dev] Testing for a literal question
mark</div></div></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri",sans-serif;COLOR:#1f497d">Hi
Dave, I have a rule based on the following that includes a test for a question
mark, and it seems to work fine:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri",sans-serif;COLOR:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Courier New"">alt_name~'.*[!"$%\^&*_+=\[\]{}:;@~#<>,?/|\\].*'
{echotags "Road with invalid character in alt_name"; delete
alt_name}<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri",sans-serif;COLOR:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri",sans-serif;COLOR:#1f497d">So
I expect you should be able to put ~’.*[?].*’ as the test if the question mark
is not accepted outside the square brackets.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri",sans-serif;COLOR:#1f497d">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri",sans-serif;COLOR:#1f497d">Mike<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri",sans-serif">
Dave Swarthout [mailto:<a href="mailto:daveswarthout@gmail.com" target="_blank">daveswarthout@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> 18 March 2015
14:28<br><b>To:</b> Development list for mkgmap<br><b>Subject:</b> [mkgmap-dev]
Testing for a literal question mark<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">How would I write a regex style rule that fires when it
encounters a question mark in a name?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There is a group of local mappers that have used an invented
name of "Ban ?" for towns they do not know the name of. I want to set the name
to something more meaningful but I can't seem to discover a way to escape the ?
without crashing mkgmap.<br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-- <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dave Swarthout<br>Homer, Alaska<br>Chiang Mai,
Thailand<br>Travel Blog at <a href="http://dswarthout.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://dswarthout.blogspot.com</a><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div>
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