Re: subst: Mention how to deal with a FROM that has commas in it

[Gisle Vanem]

Dan Jacobson wrote:

> (info "(make) Text Functions") says
>
> '$(subst FROM,TO,TEXT)'
>       Performs a textual replacement on the text TEXT: each occurrence of
>       FROM is replaced by TO.  The result is substituted for the function
>       call.  For example,
>
>            $(subst ee,EE,feet on the street)
>
>       produces the value 'fEEt on the strEEt'.
>
> OK, but also do mention how to deal with a FROM that has commas in it.

It's mentioned somewhere else. And this works for me:

  comma := ,
  default:
     @echo '$(subst ee$(comma),EE$(comma),fee$(comma)t on the stree$(comma)t)'

producing 'fEE,t on the strEE,t'

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