ok, i know, ive got mpd and smart/dumb tony are talking back and forth right, no!
my man, the God of CODE, Ryan Peters has shown me the light, AoL inst mess. is great for getting quick tips from great people!!!! check this out, does this make sense, can it be done better? <cfsavecontent variable="xml_123"> <xml><order_detail report_id="545687"></xml> </cfsavecontent> <cfset startposition = #findnocase("eport_id=""", #xml_123#)#> <cfif startposition> <cfset startposition = startposition + 10> </cfif> <cfset endposition = #find("""", xml_123, startposition)#> <cfset reportid = #mid(xml_123, startposition, endposition - startposition)#> <cfoutput>#ReportId#</cfoutput> this works 100% thanks for all your help! tony -----Original Message----- From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 9:58 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: regex question cant seem to get this to jive....whats my issue? <cfset ReportId =#REFind("report_id=""([0-9]+)"", myString, 1, true)#> <cfset theNumber = Mid(myString, result.pos[2],result.len[2])> tw -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 9:51 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: regex question result = REFind("report_id=""([0-9]+)"", myString, 1, true); theNumber = Mid(myString, result.pos[2],result.len[2]); I think! ;-) > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, 22 August 2002 1:39 p.m. > To: CF-Talk > Subject: regex question > > > report_id="545687" > > > if i wanted to find that string above (report_id="545687"), > and extract the digits from inside the > string, and make them a cf variable called > reportId....whats the best way? > > im struggling with this one..... > > thanks :) > > ...tony > > tony weeg > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.revolutionwebdesign.com > rEvOlUtIoN wEb DeSiGn > 410.334.6331 > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists