[jira] [Commented] (FLEX-17015) StringUtil.substitute It seems that it will not work with Special charchacters like $ specially with $$ it will omit one $.

["Justin Mclean (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Justin Mclean commented on FLEX-17015:
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It's actually in String.replace that $ has special meaning, so suggested fix doesn't fix.
                
> StringUtil.substitute It seems that it will not work with Special charchacters like $ specially with $$ it will omit one $.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: FLEX-17015
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-17015
>             Project: Apache Flex
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Collections
>    Affects Versions: Adobe Flex SDK 3.0 (Release)
>         Environment: Affected OS(s): Windows
> Affected OS(s): Windows XP
> Browser: Internet Explorer 6.x
> Language Found: English
>            Reporter: Adobe JIRA
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> var message:String = "Dear {0}"
> var subContent:String = "xyz $$";
> var outPut :String ;
> outPut = StringUtil.substitute(message, subContent) ;
>  
>  Actual Results: 
> value of outPut is  Dear xyz $
>  
>  
>  Expected Results:
> value of OutPut Should be  Dear xyz $$
>  
>  
>  Workaround (if any):
> public static function customSubstitute(str:String, ... rest):String
>     {
>         if (str == null) return '';
>         // Replace all of the parameters in the msg string.
>         var len:uint = rest.length;
>         var args:Array;
>         if (len == 1 && rest[0] is Array)
>         {
>             args = rest[0] as Array;
>             len = args.length;
>         }
>         else
>         {
>             args = rest;
>         }
>         for (var i:int = 0; i < len; i++)
>         {
>             str = str.replace("{"+i+"}", args[i]);
>         }
>         return str;
>     }

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