[mkgmap-dev] Testing for a literal question mark

Thu Mar 19 02:54:30 GMT 2015

That did the trick. Here's my simplified version:

(place=village | place=hamlet) & name~'.*[?].*' {delete name}

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.

Thank you and best regards,

Dave

On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 4:16 AM, Walter Schlögl <
Walter.Schloegl-Resch at aon.at> wrote:

>   I am checking, if names only include ? and delete it with this rule
>
> name~'^(?=\s*\?)[?\s]+$'            { delete name }
>
> Maybe it’s helpfull even if you are looking for a different solution.
>
> Walter
>
>  *From:* Mike Baggaley <mike at tvage.co.uk>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 18, 2015 4:53 PM
> *To:* daveswarthout at gmail.com ; 'Development list for mkgmap'
> <mkgmap-dev at lists.mkgmap.org.uk>
> *Subject:* Re: [mkgmap-dev] Testing for a literal question mark
>
>
> Hi Dave, I have a rule based on the following that includes a test for a
> question mark, and it seems to work fine:
>
>
>
> alt_name~'.*[!"$%\^&*_+=\[\]{}:;@~#<>,?/|\\].*' {echotags "Road with
> invalid character in alt_name"; delete alt_name}
>
>
>
> So I expect you should be able to put ~’.*[?].*’ as the test if the
> question mark is not accepted outside the square brackets.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> *From:* Dave Swarthout [mailto:daveswarthout at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 18 March 2015 14:28
> *To:* Development list for mkgmap
> *Subject:* [mkgmap-dev] Testing for a literal question mark
>
>
>
> How would I write a regex style rule that fires when it encounters a
> question mark in a name?
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Dave Swarthout
> Homer, Alaska
> Chiang Mai, Thailand
> Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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