[Qgis-developer] BUG? strpos("area",'.') doesn't work

[Matthias Kuhn]

Hi,

strpos is based on regexp, a '.' matches any character.
To let the engine treat a . as such you need to prefix it with a
double-backslash.

strpos(to_string("area"), '\\.')

Regards
Matthias


On 11/07/2016 12:07 PM, Elstermann, Mike wrote:
> Hi,
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> “area” is a double-field with values e. g. 213.1234,  43215.3456, …
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> strpos("area",'.') gives only value 1 return :-(
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> strpos(to_string("area"),'.') gives only value 1 return  :-(
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> This error exits only by ‘.’, other search-strings e. g. ‘12’, ‘1’, …
> work fine
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> Our workarround works fine.
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> strpos( replace( to_string( "area" ), '.', ',' ), ',' )
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> Is this a bug with ‘.’?
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> best regards, mikeE.
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