sorry, missed the bit about up to the next chr(32) (space) this'll work:
<cfset formattedProduct = rereplacenocase(this, "(e-terra)([^[:space:]]*[:space:])", "<b>\1</b><i>\2</i>", "ALL")> > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Wild > Sent: 20 May 2002 11:16 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Find a string and then italicize all after to next "chr32 > > > watch out for wordwrap: > > <cfset formattedProduct = rereplacenocase(this, > "(e-terra)([[:alnum:]]*)", "<b>\1</b><i>\2</i>", "ALL")> > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: William H. Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 18 May 2002 00:17 > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Find a string and then italicize all after to next "chr32 > > > > > > I know what I want to do but am not sure where (or how) to start > > > > Background: we have product names (most companies do; odd > that :-). A > > decision was made that the product name in all our > > literature, web sites > > etc. be split thusly: > > > > ProductFamilyProductFunction > > > > The ProductFamily portion of the name is bold and the > > ProductFunction part > > of the name is italic (no bold) like so: > > > > <b>e-terra</b><i>control</i> > > > > I used the Highlight UDF on cflib.org (thanks Ray!!) to find > > the e-terra > > portion of the string and bold it, no problem. Now on all > > pages of the site > > I am building every occurence of e-terra is bold(ed) when it > > is found in the > > database and written to the browser. > > > > now, the question; what can I do in order to make the second > > half of the > > name appear italicised? I know that it will involve finding > > every instance > > of e-terra but where do I go from there? I would search for > > specific strings > > attached to e-terra, but we currently have 47 products in > that product > > family. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > TIA > > will > > ---- > > > > William H. Bowen > > Webmaster > > ALSTOM's Energy Management and Markets Business > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.esca.com/ > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com 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