I've always thought ColdFusion followed Perl's regex syntax. So I looked up PCRE, and I was right. For those that weren't as curious as me, PCRE stands for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions: http://www.pcre.org/
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 11:20 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: CF REGEX & deleting IMG tags from content > > CF5 was POSIX only. CF6+ is ... not quite PCRE, but pretty close. > > --Ben > > Rob Wilkerson wrote: > > I wanted to mention another book yesterday, but didn't have > it nearby > > to be sure I got it right. "Regular Expression Recipes A > > Problem-Solution Approach" is also a very good book for quickly > > referencing solutions to very specific problems. It focuses on PCRE > > regex rather than the POSIX regex that CF supports, but there are > > enough elements in common that it's worth the investment even if you > > only care about CF support. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:236574 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
