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[jira] [Updated] (NIFI-5529) ReplaceText Now Requires Escapes in some cases

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-5529?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Mike Boonstra updated NIFI-5529:
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    Description: 
In some cases in v1.7.1 you need to escape backslashes in property ReplacementValue; like when "Replacement Strategy"="Regex Replace". Whereas in v1.4.0 you didn't. However, when "Replacement Strategy"="Always Replace" it works as it did in v1.4.0. 

So for example if before you had this in v1.4.0:
 * 
{code:java}
"ReplacementValue"=${csvRow:replaceAll(',','\n')}{code}

In v1.7.1 you would need (note the extra backslash):
 * 
{code:java}
"ReplacementValue"=$\{csvRow:replaceAll(',','\\n')}{code}

  was:
In some cases in v1.7.1 you need to escape backslashes in property ReplacementValue; like when "Evaluation Mode"="Regex Replace". Whereas in v1.4.0 you didn't. However, when "Evaluation Mode"="Entire text" it works as it did in v1.4.0. 

So for example if before you had this in v1.4.0:
 * 
{code:java}
"ReplacementValue"=${csvRow:replaceAll(',','\n')}{code}

In v1.7.1 you would need (note the extra backslash):
 * 
{code:java}
"ReplacementValue"=$\{csvRow:replaceAll(',','\\n')}{code}


> ReplaceText Now Requires Escapes in some cases
> ----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: NIFI-5529
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-5529
>             Project: Apache NiFi
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Extensions
>    Affects Versions: 1.7.1
>            Reporter: Mike Boonstra
>            Priority: Minor
>
> In some cases in v1.7.1 you need to escape backslashes in property ReplacementValue; like when "Replacement Strategy"="Regex Replace". Whereas in v1.4.0 you didn't. However, when "Replacement Strategy"="Always Replace" it works as it did in v1.4.0. 
> So for example if before you had this in v1.4.0:
>  * 
> {code:java}
> "ReplacementValue"=${csvRow:replaceAll(',','\n')}{code}
> In v1.7.1 you would need (note the extra backslash):
>  * 
> {code:java}
> "ReplacementValue"=$\{csvRow:replaceAll(',','\\n')}{code}



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