1. Yes. [aaa] is the same as [a] 2. Are you sure? I just tested it within CF Studio 4.5.2, and it works as intended. I am not sure if this list's softare or Outlook messed up, but your test string has a white space in it.
3. '^cat' means the first 3 characters in the test string must be 'cat'. There is no concept of not-this-string in RegExp. There is the concept of not-this-set-of-characters. :) James. -----Original Message----- From: Kola Oyedeji [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 1:32 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: A few quick regular expression questions Hi just playing around with regular expressions 3 hopefully quick questions: 1. are the reg expressions [aaaa] and [aaa] the same as [a] (i think so just need someone to confirm this for me) 2. Why does the regex \\{2,} only return 2 matches out of \\ \\\\ this should match 3 times as the expression occurs twice 3 times? 3. what does ^cat do? shouldn't it match everything except for 'cat'? It matches nothing (when tested on a chunk of text). Thanks in advance Kola ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server · PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
