>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" >
Ah, you need to change your \2 to \1 in your replace part. Since the \b is zero-width, it looks like it wont populate a backreference even when wrapped in parens. Infact, if you wanted, you could go a step further and use \0 along with "(?![</]sub>)\bsub\b" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:314950 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4