I think he meant \1 not $1 Rick
Ryan Guill wrote: > no, that puts just $1 in there, it doesnt fill it in... > > am I doing something wrong? > > <cfset out = REreplace(out, "('[^']*')", "<strong > class=""paren"">$1</strong>", "all") /> > > On 9/21/05, Barney Boisvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Try REreplace(sql, "('[^']*')", "<strong>$1</strong>", "all") >> >>That says find an apsotrophe, followed by any number of non-apostrophe >>characters, and then another apostrophe and replace it with itself, >>surrounded by STRONG tags. >> >>cheers, >>barneyb >> >>On 9/21/05, Ryan Guill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>hey guys, >>> >>>not ever really used regex much except for really simple cases. But >>>have a question about it now. >>> >>>Lets say I have the following sql code: >>> >>>SELECT * FROM sometable WHERE this = 'this string' >>> >>>and I want to replace the single quotes AND its contents with the same >>>things only surrounded by <strong> tags. so take the string above, >>>look for single quotes and make it like this: >>> >>>SELECT * FROM sometable WHERE this = <strong>'this string'</strong> >>> >>>(thats not exactly what I want to do, but close enough.) >>> >>>how would you go about doing this with rereplacenocase? is it even >>>possible? all examples I see are looking for a regex that can have >>>wildcards in the middle etc, but how to take what you find and wrap >>>it? >>> >>>thanks, >>>-- >>>Ryan Guill >>>BlueEyesDevelopment >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>www.ryanguill.com >>>(270) 217.2399 >> >>-- >>Barney Boisvert >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>360.319.6145 >>http://www.barneyb.com/ >> >>Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:218850 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