Issue with tPOP

[RA6]

Hello guys,

I am trying to retrieve emails using tPOP with filter subject and from.

I have special characters in the email subject; Example [AAA] Test1

If i put the subject directly in the filter while escaping the characters, it works fine. I retrieve the emails correctly:

But if i put the same subject in a context variable => context.MAIL_Subject and i escape it, it does not work => NO EMAIL FOUND

context.MAIL_Subject = context.MAIL_Subject.replace("[","\\\\[").replace("]","\\\\]");

System.out.println(context.MAIL_Subject); => \\

[AAA\\] Test1

Can someone advice please?

Best regards,

RA

[gjeremy1617088143]

Hi @Rohit Aftab​, you apply the replace method to the same variable you try to affect the value.

You can do something like this instead:

String str = context.MAIL_Subject.replace("[","\\\\[").replace("]","\\\\]");

context.MAIL_Subject = str;

[RA6]

I tried the solution but it is still not working.

String str = context.MAIL_Subject.replace("[","\\\\[").replace("]","\\\\]");

context.MAIL_Subject = str;

Result => Still no mail found

[gjeremy1617088143 · Accepted solution]

String str = context.MAIL_Subject.replace("[","\\[").replace("]","\\]");

context.MAIL_Subject = str;

cause as far as i understand :

you have "[AAA]" you want "\\[AAA\\]"

if you print "\\[AAA\\]" you'll see "\[AAA\]"

if you replace [ and ] by \\\\[ and \\\\] and print it you will see "\\[AAA\\]" on the console but the string value will be "\\\\[AAA\\\\]" and not "\\[AAA\\]"

so if you replace [ and ] by \\[ and \\] and print it you will see "\[AAA\]" in the console but the string value will be "\\[AAA\\]" like your direct input wich work.

and i check you can use directly :

context.MAIL_Subject = context.MAIL_Subject.replace("[","\\[").replace("]","\\]");

it will works too.

[RA6]

Thank you so much. It works!