the normal escape character is the backslash \.
> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 10:33:25 +0200
> From:
extremecarver@gmail.com
> To:
mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> Subject: [mkgmap-dev] How can I test if "(" or ")" is
part of name
>
> I have a problem that I cannot escape brackets when
trying to find out
> if they are part of the name...
>
> name ~ '.*(' { }
> is not working of course. However ^ is not able to escape
a bracket...
> name ~ '.*^(' { }
>
>
> Is there any way to find out if there is a () in a name?
> (the reason for this is that I want to know in Japan if
the name is only
> in Japanese, or in Japanese (English).
>
> --
> keep on biking and discovering new trails
>
> Felix
> openmtbmap.org &
www.velomap.org
>
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