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SysTopher
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Sep 28, 2016

Removing a character from a variable using TCL

Hello,   iRule newbie here. I'm curious if anyone can give me an idea of how I could take a variable and strip out specific characters. For example, I have an iRule where I'm pulling a variable...
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ekaleido_26616's avatar
ekaleido_26616
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Sep 28, 2016
set variable [ACCESS::session data get "session.custom.variable"]
set newVariable [string trim $variable "@"]

Keep in mind this will remove all @ from $variable, regardless of location in the string.

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ekaleido_26616
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Sep 28, 2016

No worries! Just glad you were able to get it done.