Hi, How to use Replace Step to move '[['?

[bleedingsaber]

Hi, How to use Replace Step to move ‘[[’?

replace("[[test]]", "]]", "")

this is not working?

[samliew]

Welcome to the Make community!

@bleedingsaber

Replace Step to move ‘[[’?

What do you mean by move? The replace function only replaces.

Can you provide an example input and output?

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

— @samliew

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[bleedingsaber]

Hi, thanks for reply. Sorry, I mean ‘remove’.

I try to change this string '[[test]]" into ‘test’, remove double brackets.

Using ‘replace’ function, replacing ‘[[’ is working, but replacing ‘]]’ is not working?

[dilipborad]

Hello @bleedingsaber,
There are 2 ways.

Using nested replace() functions

{{replace(replace("[[test]]"; "]]"; emptystring); "[["; emptystring)}}

Note: If there are any specific variable is used as input, replace [[test]] with it.

Using Regular Expression

This create more complexity for you to handle expression as well as replace().
Try the first one if that’s not works then come up with your error.

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[samliew]

Welcome to the Make community!

To do this, you can use the built-in function replace — “Replaces the search string with the new string.”

{{ replace(text; regular_expression_pattern; replace_string) }}

e.g.:

{{ replace("[[test]]"; "/(\[\[|\]\])/g"; emptystring) }}

an example screenshot can be found in this similar question: How to extract file name with regex - #5 by samliew

For more information, the function’s documentation can be found in the Help Centre. You should also complete the tutorials in the Make Academy.

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

— @samliew

P.S.: Investing some effort into the Make Academy will save you lots of time and frustration using Make.

[bleedingsaber]

Hi, @samliew and @dilipborad , could you point out where I am doing wrong? Seems not working for me. Thanks for your kind help.

[samliew]

You did not use the emptystring special variable. You cannot leave the third parameter blank.

[bleedingsaber]

Oh…You cracked it!

I thought just my ‘Make.com’ broken.