How to combine several string map functions in one?

[awyeah]

I would like to know how to perform multiple, string map functions in one line. This function: (to reduce)

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[string map {"]" "\]"} $nick] + [string map {"[" "\["} $nick] + [string map {"{" "\{"} $nick] + [string map {"}" "\}"} $nick] + [string map {"\" "\\" $nick]

Basically I want to escape all the special characters in a nick. I know how todo it with regsub, but I want to use string map as it is faster.

[user]

http://tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/TclCmd/string.htm#M34

[awyeah]

So it will be like this, I guess.

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set nick [string map {[ \[ ] \] { \{ } \} \ \\} $nick] 

[user]

So it will be like this, I guess.

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set nick [string map {[ \[ ] \] { \{ } \} \ \\} $nick]

Yes and no. I can't believe you don't know how braces work after all this time scripting tcl. Read http://tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/TclCmd/Tcl.htm#M10

{[ \\[ ] \\] \{ \\\{ \} \\\} \\ \\\\}

[awyeah]

LOL thanx. Yes we need to add one blackslash to the original one and two backslashes to the one to replace the original one with.

*/me* shunts, have had alot of coffee.

[awyeah]

Well, it seems to work only for one char. If there are two or more same chars, then I get an error of invoked.

I think 'regsub -all' will be a better idea, thanx anyway.

[user]

Well, it seems to work only for one char. If there are two or more same chars, then I get an error of invoked.

What error do you get? It works just fine for me.

[awyeah]

Well, I bind join and used it in my script.
Nick: Sa]ma... no error

Then I changed to the nick:
Nick: Sa][ma.... error

Tcl error, invoked from within
'missing close bracket' or something like that.

I am trying to use $nick in a variable a global array join_part($nick).

I saw it always gives errors if two characters or more are present, not if one is present,

join_part([TesTeR]) --> gives and error
join_part([TesTeR) --> doesn't given an error

[user]

And why would you need to manually escape chars in the element name? The error is not caused by the string map, but by something else you're doing.