Replace just does a straight string literal matching, REReplace dose regex, which requires a little more processing to go with the increased power of matching patterns not just string literals..
-------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning ....-----Original Message----- ....From: B G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ....Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 11:35 AM ....To: CF-Talk ....Subject: RE: RegEx question: Multiple replaces in one statement .... ....Thanks! I actually did have the one line with REReplace but a well ....hidden ....syntax error got me to separate the two. .... ....For my own education, what is REReplace doing that Replace is not which ....adds ....the overhead? .... .... ....>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ....>Reply-To: cf-talk@houseoffusion.com ....>To: CF-Talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> ....>Subject: RE: RegEx question: Multiple replaces in one statement ....>Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:19:07 -0500 ....> ....>Here's how I would do it: ....> ....><cfset nBrand = ....>Replace(Replace(qGetBrandNames.Brand_Names,"~","(r)","ALL"),"^","&##8482 ....;","ALL") ....> > ....> ....>You're still calling replace twice, but it's only one line of code. And ....>Barney's right...don't use REReplace if you don't need it, it's extra ....>overhead. ....> ....>Dave ....> ....>---Original Message----- ....>From: Barney Boisvert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ....>Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 12:05 PM ....>To: CF-Talk ....>Subject: Re: RegEx question: Multiple replaces in one statement ....> ....> ....>Nope, but you don't REreplace at all, a simple replace will do the ....>trick just as well, and with less overhead. You could even use ....>replaceList, but I'd not recommend that, as it has some weird quirks. ....> ....>cheers, ....>barneyb ....> ....>On 7/29/05, B G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ....> > Is it possible to replace two different items in a string? ....> > ....> > I have a table holding brand names. All ~ should be (r) AND all ^ ....>should be ....> > TM. Currently I am doing the following: ....> > ....> > <cfset nBrand = "#REReplace(qGetBrandNames.Brand_Names, "~", "(r)", ....>"ALL")#"> ....> > <cfset nBrand = "#REReplace(nBrand, "\^", "&##8482;", "ALL")#"> ....> > ....> > Is it possible to do this in one REReplace statement? ....> > ....> > Thanks. ....> > ....> > ....>-- ....>Barney Boisvert ....>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ....>360.319.6145 ....>http://www.barneyb.com/ ....> ....>Got Gmail? I have 50 invites. ....> ....> ....> ....> .... .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:213295 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
