The \b actually did not work, it put the link within the first span element but maybe was how I tested it. I tried: "(?![</]sub>)(\b)(sub)(\b)" as well as "(?![</]sub>)\b(sub)\b"
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 10:49 AM, s. isaac dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's the \W bits you're using - they're wrong; you want a > > zero-width word boundary, not a non-word character. > > > > Use \b(#Variables.Word#)\b and you wont need to do the workaround. > > Thanks Peter... I'd never used word boundaries... so of course, they > don't occur to me when I go to write a regex. :) I'll have to remember > that in the future. > > > > -- > s. isaac dealey ^ new epoch > isn't it time for a change? > ph: 781.769.0723 > > http://onTap.riaforge.org/blog > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:314947 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4