[Templates] using variable in replace

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "James" == James L <perlwle@yahoo.com> writes:

James> hello,
James> I am trying to replace a variable using

James> [% field | replace("\b${word}\b", "<b>${word}</b>") %]

Does the field variable contain any backspaces?  If not, that's not gonna
work, ever.

Hint:  \b is a backspace.
Bigger hint: you might want \\b instead.

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