I'm trying out TT, and I've run into a problem. I have a variable called script which, if present, will cause a javascript section to be added to my HTML output. I've really got two problems, but one is more severe than the other.

In this particular javascript, I have a couple REs that test user data, but when it gets processed

var reg1 = /^\d{4}$/; morphs into var reg1 = /^d{4}/;

I tried backslashing the characters that get removed, but those get removed. This is my first stab at TT, so I may be doing bad things. I do need the script variable to be parsed because I have some possible runtime configurations that change in the javascript. But that also brings up my other problem. When I specify that I want to test $script_var.value, I mean that I want $script_var to be replaced with the real value of the variable and when the javascript is run, it will test user_name.value. Instead, the process engine complains that it doesn't know what to do with $script_var.value. Is there a way for me to signify to the parser that I want $script_var placed there so that it still reads user_name.value once it's processed?

ALL HAIL BRAK!!!

In reply to Template Toolkit parses out my backslash by PsychoSpunk

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