No prob. Will try it.

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Ben Forta <b...@forta.com> wrote:

>
> Oops, meant REMatch(), not REFind(). Use REMatch() and it'll do exactly
> what
> you want. Just be sure to check the length of the returned array before
> using it.
>
> --- Ben
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Monique Boea [mailto:moniqueb...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 2:02 PM
> To: cf-talk
> Subject: Re: Extracting a date from a string
>
>
> This give me the value of 32
>
> <cfset string="Department Summary by Employee 10/27/2010 - 10/27/2010">
> <cfset dates=REFind("[0-1][0-9]/[0-3][0-9]/[0-9]{4}", string)>
> <cfoutput>#dates#</cfoutput>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Ben Forta <b...@forta.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Assuming that the dates are always in mm/dd/yyyy format, I'd use a
> > regular expression, something like this:
> >
> > <cfset string="*Department Summary by Employee 10/27/2010 -
> > 10/27/2010*"> <cfset dates=REFind("[0-1][0-9]/[0-3][0-9]/[0-9]{4}",
> > string)>
> >
> > <disclaimer>
> > Code written on the fly with no testing ;-) </disclaimer>
> >
> > Dates will then be an array, and in your example dates[1] will be the
> > start date and dates[2] the second date.
> >
> > --- Ben
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Monique Boea [mailto:moniqueb...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 1:42 PM
> > To: cf-talk
> > Subject: Extracting a date from a string
> >
> >
> > Hello All.
> >
> > How would you go about extracting the date from this string:
> >
> > *Department Summary by Employee 10/27/2010 - 10/27/2010*
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> 

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