On 2/28/12 11:54 AM, John Kearney wrote:
> the match string and the replace string are exhibiting 2 different
> behaviors.
Yes. Quotes in the match string are handled like quotes in the %% and ##
pattern removal expansions: they quote special characters for the matcher
and are removed. The double quotes inhibit the quote removal in the
replacement. This can be changed, but it's not backwards compatible.
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