Thanks for looking at it Barney, but your solution doesn't work. Got any other ideas?
Regards, Karl S. At 11:27 AM 7/13/05, Barney wrote: >I believe this will do it for double-quote delimited strings. You'll >have to run it multiple times to catch strings that have multiple >hashes in them. Then just flip the double quotes for single quotes >and run it again to get the single-quote delimited strings. It might >not be perfect, but it should give you a place to start. > >REreplace(myText, '"([^"]*)##([^"]*")', "\1####\2", "all") > >cheers, >barneyb > >On 7/13/05, Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've got a compiled application that can be programmed to output ColdFusion > > code along with its regular output, writing CF templates that later run > > under CF 5.0. However if any of its regular output contains pound signs, > > CF throws an error when the template is executed. Both these examples will > > fail: > > > > <CFSCRIPT> > > Test = 'SKU # 1716-SY-367'; > > </CFSCRIPT> > > > > Or > > > > <CFSET Test = 'SKU # 1716-SY-367'> > > > > > > What I would LIKE to do is use Replace or REReplace or somehow escape the > > damn pound signs out of the strings more or less like so: > > > > <CFSET Test = #REplace("SKU # 1716-SY-367", "#Chr(35)#", "", "ALL")#> -- > > but it doesn't work. > > > > (#Chr(35)# in the REplace function will replace say, DOUBLE pound signs in > > the string, so at least that works) > > > > It is not possible to use the original compiled application to either > > double up the pound signs or eliminate them, I have to work with the output > > it gives me and it isn't very sophisticated. I can use it to output any CF > > code I want but I have to deal with the strings it gives me. Your help > > would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > > > Karl S. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.13/47 - Release Date: 7/12/05 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:211843 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54