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Posted on by ChrisCC

Hi,

I'm in a situation where I need to replace some html with a string that contains double quotes and this is throwing off the double quotes wrapping the compose (I think)

I am attempting the following function:

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"@replace(outputs('Compose'), 'img', "img onerror=this.style.display = none"')"

It replaces the string 'img' with some onerror styling. I'd edit the HTML itself if I could but we aren't generating these emails so we have to correct for it here.

This line works perfectly if there are no double quotes within the surrounding quotes, like I have here. If I try something like this then the compose takes no action and it's output becomes "@replace(outputs('Compose'), 'img', 'img onerror=""')" (the compose itself)

Not sure if I am explaining this well but I'll be around to reply, thanks!!

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v-yamao-msft Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi ChrisCC,

From the Workflow definition language, we know that when using the replace function, a single quote is needed. While when I create a simple flow to test this issue, it seems that when the given string contains double quotes, the old string will not be replaced, the Compose takes no action and the outputs will become the compose itself.

I assume that this might be a default behavior when using Workflow definition language. Please remove the double quotes within the function to see if it will meet your needs.

Best regards,
Mabel Mao

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Unfortunately the replacement text contains necessary double quotes itself so I can't remove them

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chandbhu Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi,

You will need to escape the double quotes in the expression. Please delete existing compose2 action and create a new compose action, and enter following for the input. (Editing existing compose action may not work as it's already in bad state)

"@replace('outputs('Compose')', 'img', 'img onerror=\"this.style.display = none\"')"

Thanks
Chandra

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Hi @ChrisCC ,

Did you resolve the issue? I am having the same problem where I need the result of a concat to include text which as double quotes (the concat is being used in an xml query).

However, the concat expression always adds a backslash before the double quotation marks. .... and using replace to remove the backslash from the result of the concat is not working either.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks
Wendy

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