RE: Tricky problem filtering out commas from a string.

[Dave Korn]

On 19 April 2007 14:19, Dave Korn wrote:


>>     COMMA = ,
>>     LIST_WITHOUT_COMMAS:=$(filter-out $(COMMA),$(LIST_WITH_COMMAS))
> 
>   Doesn't actually work in practice:  as Danny pointed out, filter-out only
> matches entire words, but using a variable enabled subst to work.

  Of course, 

__lib_comma:=,
LIST_NOCOMMAS:=$(patsubst %$(__lib_comma),%,$(LIST))

works just as well.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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