Thanks! I wasn't even close. :-) You saved me a great deal of time, much appreciated.
Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barney Boisvert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 2:29 PM Subject: RE: regex help needed > result = REreplace(string, > "$.*(<%---.*---%>).*^", > "\1"); > > That should do it, although it'll cause problems if there is more than one > <%--- ---%> block in thr string. If the string you're looking for never > contains a greater than sign, then you can use this RE instead, which will > then work for strings that have multiple target blocks in there: > > $.*(<%---[^>]*---%>).*^ > > It'll still only pull out the first block, so you'll need some kind of > looping mechanism, but it'll return the first block correctly, rather than a > combined result. > > --- > Barney Boisvert, Senior Development Engineer > AudienceCentral (formerly PIER System, Inc.) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > voice : 360.756.8080 x12 > fax : 360.647.5351 > > www.audiencecentral.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 11:20 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: regex help needed > > > > > > Can someone assist me in writing the following regex... > > I have a string, varies in length and I need to pull out of the > > string all the characters between: <%--- and ---%> > > An example of what this string might look like is: > > > > "dllCall1<%---session|errorTrap|DetailNumeric---%>EndDLLCall" > > I need to pull: <%---session|errorTrap|DetailNumeric---%> > > > > The surroudning text will always vary in length depending upon results.... > > > > Thanks, > > > > Michael Tangorre > > ======================== > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.realmagnet.com > > work - 202-244-7845 > > fax - 202-244-7926 > > cell - 607-426-9277 > > ======================== > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
