That's PERL right? ... CF is going to be slightly different...
<cfset otherchars = YesNoFormat(REFind("[^(this|that| )]",mystring))> I think is equivalent... If not... <cfset otherchars = YesNoFormat(REFind("[^(this|that| )]",mystring))> Brook: you might find the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list helpful incidentally... > m/[^(this|that|\s)]/ig > Anything other than --> this that spaces > On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Brook wrote: >> How do you write a regular expression which checks a string for any >> characters/words other than a specified few and returns true if there are >> ANY other characters in the string. >> >> Brook S. Isaac Dealey Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer www.turnkey.to 954-776-0046 ______________________________________________________________________ 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