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Richard_Jones
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NimbostratusDifferent results from TCL regexp and iRules regexp
I am working on an iRule that will validate the value of a parameter only contains a-z, 0-9, and / + =. I have created a regexp pattern that works in TCL, but not in an iRule:
TCL:
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Richard_JonesNimbostratus
Nimbostratushoolio, I made your change. Thanks. My regex-fu is weak these days....
Jason, thanks for the quick demo, which I duplicated with my iRule and verified with plain text.
The parameter value I'm inspecting is actually base64 encoded. I extract the value, base64 decode it, then run it through the regex. My log statement shows that I am correctly decoding the value. Just now, I added additional text to the end of a log statement and see that my base64 decoded string is actually "asdf ". I hadn't noticed that space last night....
Now I just need to strip that space, and I should be good to go.
Thanks for the help!
R