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regex \, @substitute \\,
The substitution works with the double backslashes, but I can't match the comma. I want an input string

It's not raining, but it will, I'm told.

to look like this

It's not raining\, but it will\, I'm told.

after regex processing

Thank you for your help. John Chowning jc@ccrma.stanford.edu

John Chowning
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  • The problem is that messages with commas are interpreted as multiple messages, separated by commas. You can see that if you connect the message box with commas to a print, you will see multiple messages in the Max window. So the question is probably where the message with commas comes from. If possible, you can use a tosymbol object to process the string and keep the commas intact. – Mattijs Aug 09 '20 at 10:12

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These are two different methods you can use.

Using the following arguments with the regexp object:

[regexp \\, @substitute \\\\,] will yield the correct string to the Max Console

However as a message, a space character will be added. See image: example using the regexp object

Using atoi with regexp to preserve your intended formatting when sending as a message:

  • By converting the string to integers using [atoi] we can perform regex on the ascii decimals 44 and replace them with 92 44 ie: \,
  • The regexp object adds a space character layering another regexp object to replace "32 92" in the string with 92 solves this.

See image: example using atoi and regexp

Patch attached:

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