Catching < and >

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Aug 27 2007, 9:16 pm
I've got some code used to strip non-file characters from a string:
nonFileChars = [(TMDI_list2text(nonFileChars))]

The problem is inside nonFileChars, the element 
\<</xmp> is being converted to

<

 and so, the less than symbol is never found inside the list. Make sense?

So, how would I go about catching the less than (and greater than) sign for this proc?</<>
Aug 27 2007, 11:59 pm
Use html_encode().
Aug 28 2007, 12:48 am
TheMonkeyDidIt wrote:
The element \< is being converted to &lt;

That's precisely what \< is supposed to do. (http://developer.byond.com/docs/ref/info.html#/DM/text/ macros) Use "<" and ">" instead.

    var/nonFileChars[] = list("\\","?","*",":","<",">","|")     //did not include /
Aug 28 2007, 6:45 am
In response to Shadowdarke
Shadowdarke wrote:
Use "<" and ">" instead.

Duh.
The one thing I didn't try. Man, I feel stoooopid.
Thanks guys.