String contains reserved builtin global variable name issue - ruby-on-rails

Given:
text = "text#$!text" #Note: #$! is normal string not a variable
returns: "texttext"
And
text = 'text#$!text' # with single quote
returns: "text\#$!text"
Question:
How can I just get "text#$!text" as result because it is required to be hardcoded and used as password, so it can't contain backslashes \


The backslash is part of how the string is represented by inspect, like the quotes; neither are part of the actual string itself.
Note that text[0, 5], for example, is "text#".

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Rails remove '\' from json response

json response
{"skill"=>"{\"dept_id\"=>\"01\", \"user_id\"=>\"001\", \"level_cd\"=>\"04_swim\", \"first_name\"=>\"rohit\", \"last_name\"=>\"patel\", \"dept_full_name\"=>\"swiming\", \"rank\"=>\"04_swim\"}, {\"dept_id\"=>\"02\", \"user_id\"=>\"002\", \"level_cd\"=>\"04_swim\", \"first_name\"=>\"ranjit\", \"last_name\"=>\"shinde\", \"dept_full_name\"=>\"running\", \"rank\"=>\"03_run\"}, {\"dept_id\"=>\"04\", \"user_id\"=>\"004\", \"level_cd\"=>\"02_jump\", \"first_name\"=>\"kedar\", \"last_name\"=>\"patil\", \"dept_full_name\"=>\"jumping\", \"rank\"=>\"02_jump\"}, {\"dept_id\"=>\"05\", \"user_id\"=>\"005\", \"level_cd\"=>\"03_run\", \"first_name\"=>\"kapil\", \"last_name\"=>\"bote\", \"dept_full_name\"=>\"Hammer\", \"rank\"=>\"03_run\"}"
How to remove only \ from this response
expected output is
"skill"=>{"dept_id"=>"01", "user_id"=>"001", "level_cd"=>"04_swim", "first_name"=>"rohit", "last_name"=>"patel", "dept_full_name"=>"swiming", "rank"=>"04_swim"}, {"dept_id"=>"02", "user_id"=>"002", "level_cd"=>"04_swim", "first_name"=>"ranjit", "last_name"=>"shinde", "dept_full_name"=>"running", "rank"=>"03_run"}, {"dept_id"=>"04", "user_id"=>"004", "level_cd"=>"02_jump", "first_name"=>"kedar", "last_name"=>"patil", "dept_full_name"=>"jumping", "rank"=>"02_jump"}, {"dept_id"=>"05", "user_id"=>"005", "level_cd"=>"03_run", "first_name"=>"kapil", "last_name"=>"bote", "dept_full_name"=>"Hammer", "rank"=>"03_run"}

There are currently no backslashes in the string. The backslash is only there because the context is within a double quoted string context.
If you want to use a double quote in double quoted string context you need to escape it with a backslash, otherwise the compiler thinks you want to end the string.
"John Doe said: "Hello Word!""
The above is not valid. The " before Hello World! will end the string. Meaning that Hello World! will not be in string context and Ruby tries to parse Hello and World as constants.
To prevent this from happening you escape the " with a backslash \.
"John Doe said: \"Hello Word!\""
\" will be interpreted as one " character. There is no backslash present within the resulting string. See the Ruby literals documentation.
When using single quotes for string delimiters there is no need to escape the double quotes (but you do need to escape single quotes). The above could also be written as:
'John Doe said: "Hello Word!"'
Similarly your data can be written as:
{"skill"=>'{"dept_id"=>"01", "user_id"=>"001", "level_cd"=>"04_swim", "first_name"=>"rohit", "last_name"=>"patel", "dept_full_name"=>"swiming", "rank"=>"04_swim"}, {"dept_id"=>"02", "user_id"=>"002", "level_cd"=>"04_swim", "first_name"=>"ranjit", "last_name"=>"shinde", "dept_full_name"=>"running", "rank"=>"03_run"}, {"dept_id"=>"04", "user_id"=>"004", "level_cd"=>"02_jump", "first_name"=>"kedar", "last_name"=>"patil", "dept_full_name"=>"jumping", "rank"=>"02_jump"}, {"dept_id"=>"05", "user_id"=>"005", "level_cd"=>"03_run", "first_name"=>"kapil", "last_name"=>"bote", "dept_full_name"=>"Hammer", "rank"=>"03_run"}'
The above clearly demonstrates that there are no backslash characters present in the string.
However the string is not JSON. I suggest changing the server response if possible. You can eval the current response, but I would advise not to use eval ever (eval is evil). If the server would send malicious Ruby code, eval will execute it without any issues and might corrupt your machine.

Looks like the hash example needs to end with an } to be valid. So I added it in my example. Further more it looks to be a collection of records, but it also looks like it's missing a list. If it were inside a list it would be valid but as the example stands now, it is not a valid hash.
But let's say just for fun, I did want to take the string and put it inside an array. Maybe something like this:
data = {"skill"=>"{\"dept_id\"=>\"01\", \"user_id\"=>\"001\", \"level_cd\"=>\"04_swim\", \"first_name\"=>\"rohit\", \"last_name\"=>\"patel\", \"dept_full_name\"=>\"swiming\", \"rank\"=>\"04_swim\"}, {\"dept_id\"=>\"02\", \"user_id\"=>\"002\", \"level_cd\"=>\"04_swim\", \"first_name\"=>\"ranjit\", \"last_name\"=>\"shinde\", \"dept_full_name\"=>\"running\", \"rank\"=>\"03_run\"}, {\"dept_id\"=>\"04\", \"user_id\"=>\"004\", \"level_cd\"=>\"02_jump\", \"first_name\"=>\"kedar\", \"last_name\"=>\"patil\", \"dept_full_name\"=>\"jumping\", \"rank\"=>\"02_jump\"}, {\"dept_id\"=>\"05\", \"user_id\"=>\"005\", \"level_cd\"=>\"03_run\", \"first_name\"=>\"kapil\", \"last_name\"=>\"bote\", \"dept_full_name\"=>\"Hammer\", \"rank\"=>\"03_run\"}"}
parsed_data = data["skill"].split("}, ").map{|x| x.end_with?("\"") ? x + '}' : x}.map{|x| eval(x)}
puts parsed_data
{"dept_id"=>"01", "user_id"=>"001", "level_cd"=>"04_swim", "first_name"=>"rohit", "last_name"=>"patel", "dept_full_name"=>"swiming", "rank"=>"04_swim"}
{"dept_id"=>"02", "user_id"=>"002", "level_cd"=>"04_swim", "first_name"=>"ranjit", "last_name"=>"shinde", "dept_full_name"=>"running", "rank"=>"03_run"}
{"dept_id"=>"04", "user_id"=>"004", "level_cd"=>"02_jump", "first_name"=>"kedar", "last_name"=>"patil", "dept_full_name"=>"jumping", "rank"=>"02_jump"}
{"dept_id"=>"05", "user_id"=>"005", "level_cd"=>"03_run", "first_name"=>"kapil", "last_name"=>"bote", "dept_full_name"=>"Hammer", "rank"=>"03_run"}
Now with the data in an array you can convert it to json if you'd like
require 'json'
2.6.5 :007 > parsed_data.to_json
=> "[{\"dept_id\":\"01\",\"user_id\":\"001\",\"level_cd\":\"04_swim\",\"first_name\":\"rohit\",\"last_name\":\"patel\",\"dept_full_name\":\"swiming\",\"rank\":\"04_swim\"},{\"dept_id\":\"02\",\"user_id\":\"002\",\"level_cd\":\"04_swim\",\"first_name\":\"ranjit\",\"last_name\":\"shinde\",\"dept_full_name\":\"running\",\"rank\":\"03_run\"},{\"dept_id\":\"04\",\"user_id\":\"004\",\"level_cd\":\"02_jump\",\"first_name\":\"kedar\",\"last_name\":\"patil\",\"dept_full_name\":\"jumping\",\"rank\":\"02_jump\"},{\"dept_id\":\"05\",\"user_id\":\"005\",\"level_cd\":\"03_run\",\"first_name\":\"kapil\",\"last_name\":\"bote\",\"dept_full_name\":\"Hammer\",\"rank\":\"03_run\

#HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name not showing backslash

Super Simple. Only issues I find are people getting null. Which I obvi fixed. But where is the backslash???!!
params.me = '#HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name';
This returns
"domainUserName" <- Browser
"domain\\UserName" <- Debugging
What I expect is
"domain\UserName" <- Browser
Any ideas?

Based on your comments you are using the following code to show the user name:
alert('#HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name');
#HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Nameis a string that can contain "\" backslash character. This character is considered as a escape character in javascript as it is in C# as well.
You need to escape the "\" character in the string before passing it to Javascript like that:
alert('#HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name.Replace("\\", "\\\\")')

How do I get lua string match to parse an environment variable string?

I have a config file parser written in lua.
I'd like to detect values that are environment variables and change them with os.getenv.
It's probably a bit ambitious because I can have values like
"a string with an embedded ${VARIABLE} in here"
or
"another string with an env $VARIABLE"
And I should probably allow escaping them with double $$ to allow a literal $.
How do I do this?
This is what I have so far, but it isn't right
local envvar = string.match(value, "%$([%w_]+)")
if envvar then
print("Envvar=", envvar)
value = value:gsub("(%$[%w_]+)", os.getenv(envvar))
end
For example, I can't figure out how to use the %b balance option here to properly match { } combinations. And make them optional. How do I make this work robustly?
In fact, I realise it's probably more complicated than this. What if more than one environment variable was specified?

local text = [[
Example: ${LANG}, $TEXTDOMAINDIR, $$10.00, $$LANG, $UNDEFINED
Nested braces: {{${SHELL}}}
]]
text = text:gsub('$%$','\0')
:gsub('${([%w_]+)}', os.getenv)
:gsub('$([%w_]+)', os.getenv)
:gsub('%z','$')
print(text)
--> Example: en_US.UTF-8, /usr/share/locale/, $10.00, $LANG, $UNDEFINED
--> Nested braces: {{/bin/bash}}

namevaluecollection removes "+" characters from querystring

I have the followigurl localhost.dev?q=dyYJDXWoTKjj9Za6Enzg4lB+NHJsrZQehfY1dqbU1fc= and extract the query string as follows:
NameValueCollection query = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(actionContext.Request.RequestUri.Query);
string str1 = query[0];
If i call query.ToString() it shows the correct characters query string. However, when I access the value from the NameValueCollection 'query[0]' the "+" is replaced by a empty " " i.e. dyYJDXWoTKjj9Za6Enzg4lB NHJsrZQehfY1dqbU1fc=
I've tried specifing different encoding and using the Get method from the namevaluecollection. I've also tried spliting the string, but the "+" is being removed each time. Has anyone got any ideas? Many thanks

You can't use this chars in the url variables, you need use URLEncode and URLDecode of HttpUtility class to convert this into a valid url.
I hope this help you.

Replace spaces with %20 in groovy

I am pushing some variables to a httpGet statement and it is failing on any spaces, how can I replace the spaces in the variable with %20 prior to running the GET?
I am trying to encode "felton, ca" which is in the variable from with def fromFormatted = URLEncoder.encode(from, "UTF-8")
and when I run the code I get the error
groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: static java.net.URLEncoder.encode() is applicable for argument types: (org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.json.JSONArray, java.lang.String) values: [[felton, ca], UTF-8]
original input field
section("Departing From:"){
input "from", "text", title: "Address?"
Also tried def fromFormatted = from.encodeAsURL()
with the result of
%5B%22felton%22%2C%22ca%22%5D
apparently since the input text contained a , then it automatically treated that input text as an array. Any thoughts on keeping this from happening, or converting it to a string and maintaining the comma?
I resolved the array by using def fromStr = from.join(",")
unforunately join creates a json string that adds double quotes
%22felton%22%2C%22ca%22
Is there another method for joining the array that would maintain the comma without adding quotes?

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