Ray, I don't think there is any real difference. I am just grouping my characters [_12]+ and noting that at least one item (+) is required for the match.
He is just listing them as being "OR"'d. Grouping [] inherently denotes OR. The | is an explicit OR. Also, if your example get's bigger, the | actually breaks the expression up. For instnace, if you wanted to add outlier characters such as getting rid of the above ONLY IF surronded by A and Z... My method would be: A[_12]+Z His method would be: A(_|1|2)+Z It's all a matter of personal taste I suppose. ...................... Ben Nadel Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer www.bennadel.com -----Original Message----- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 2:54 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: regexp help Ben, Claude, just so I know, what's the difference between your solutions? Is it merely more than one way to skin a cat, or is one better than another? > <cfset strTest = REReplace( strTest, "[_12]+", "", "ALL" ) /> > REreplace (MyString, "_|1|2", "", "all") ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:254489 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4