Sorry.. MIDDLE eight.. Now it gets ugly with regEx.. <cfset masked=REReplace(ccnum,"([0-9]{4})[0-9]+([0-9]{4})","\1#repeatString('*',8)#\2")>
-Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Emerle Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:47 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Replacing characters in a string Yet another way.. With regular expressions: <cfset maskDigits=8> <cfset masked=REReplace(CCnum,"^[0-9]{#maskDigits#}",repeatString("*",maskDigits))> -Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 7:56 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Replacing characters in a string This should be a simple enough one... I have a credit card number, 16 digits long, and I want to star (*) out the middle 8. How do I do this? TIA Ryan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4