If this is in a larger page context, I probably wouldn't use (.*) since that would grab everything from the open anchor tag to the /last/ closing anchor tag. I'd use ([^<]*) However, if that's your whole context, Jochem's answer works great.
-- Ben Doom Programmer & General Lackey Moonbow Software, Inc : -----Original Message----- : From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 6:23 AM : To: CF-Talk : Subject: Re: SOT: RegEx Help! : : : Oliver Cookson wrote: : > : > Im looking for this string (see bottom) and want to remove EVERYTHING : > except the word "a string here". This string could be any length or any : > combo of chars\integers. : > : > Also the JS arg (14) is dynamic so that could be any number, everything : > else is static. : > : > <A class=jargon href="javascript:popUpJargonDefinition(14)">a string : > here</A> : : Do you mean this string is part of a larger text? Use: : <cfset text = REReplaceNoCase(text,'^.*<A class=jargon : href="javascript:popUpJargonDefinition([0-9]*)">(.*)</a>.*$',"\1")> : else: : <cfset text = REReplaceNoCase(text,'<A class=jargon : href="javascript:popUpJargonDefinition([0-9]*)">(.*)</a>',"\1")> : : Jochem : : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4