Inside a class, you don't need to escape parens, use the "or" pipe, or
re-use the "not" ^. This is, I think, what you want:
REreplace(sql, "(\([^()]*\))", "<strong>\1</strong>","all")
--Ben
Qasim Rasheed wrote:
> Taking from Barney's example
>
> REreplace(sql, "(\([^\(|^\)]*\))", "<strong>$1</strong>","all")
>
> On 9/21/05, Ryan Guill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>yeah, the \1 works.
>>
>>Now, how can I do the same thing, only this time looking for ( and )
>>surrounding the text? My first attempts havent worked...
>>
>>On 9/21/05, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>>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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
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