Replacetext of any characters between parentheses with a space

[Richmond Mathewson]

Well, at the rsik of getting things wrong, here's my attempt:

https://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=35951

Richmond.

On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 8:05 PM David V Glasgow via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> LC coders, please tell me why this won’t work!  My guess is that this is a
> regex issue, not LC, but I am so stuck.
>
> I want to replace all text within in parentheses (including the
> parentheses) with a single space.  I have tried assembling the
> matchExpression in advance and in line, and also escaping the parentheses
> just in case they are reserved in regex.  Or do I need to enclose the
> matchExpression in something other than or in addition to, quotes?
>
> on mouseup
>
>   put field "import" into timport
>
>   replacetext (timport, "(.*)", " ")
>
>   put timport into field "import"
>
> end mouseup
>
>
> I get the less than inspiring:
>
>  execution error at line 3 (Handler: can't find handler) near
> "replacetext", char 1
>
>
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> David Glasgow
>
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