this bit: [a|p|li] only matches single characters, you its finding the L and using that in the replace.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Damian Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 October 2003 10:02 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] Regex > > > Ok then, one final thang... I've now bunged the list tag in > there: #rereplacenocase(body, '(<[a|p|li])', '\1 > class="mainBody"', "ALL")# > > but the end result in the code is: <L class="mainBody"I> > > eep! Why it do dat? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rich Wild" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 9:55 AM > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Regex > > > yea - it is difficult to get your head around, but once you > start using them and feeling the awesome power of the Death > Star, erm... regex then you'll find them immensely rewarding > - especially when you can lose 9 or 10 lines of replace code. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephen Pope [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 20 October 2003 09:51 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Regex > > > > > > Ive avoided regex for so long but so much stuff here is in > Perl that I > > couldn't avoid it any longer ! Its quite a learning curve hehe but > > with a bizarre sense of satisfaction at the end ! :¬) > > > > Stephen > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Damian Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 20 October 2003 09:48 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] Regex > > > > Got it now, not only is it Monday morning, I'm also at the > lower end > > of the regex learning curve- a painful combination if there > ever was > > one ;0) > > > > It's beginning to make sense though, I've passed the brain scramble > > stage... > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Stephen Pope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 9:39 AM > > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Regex > > > > > > \1 refers to a back-reference ( the stuff between the > brackets in the > > regex) .. if you wanted 2 you'd need 2 reg-ex's ! > > > > I think .. it is Monday morning ! > > > > Regards > > > > Stephen > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Damian Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 20 October 2003 09:36 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] Regex > > > > Works a treat Rich, thanks. Just out of interest can you do > stuff like > > '[\1 class="something" | \2 class="somethingelse"]' in the second > > attribute? > > > > #rereplacenocase(body, '(<[a|p])', '\1 class="mainBody"', "ALL")# > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rich Wild" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 8:52 AM > > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Regex > > > > > > > rereplacenocase(mystring, "(<[a|p])", "\1 class=whatever ", "ALL") > > should > > do > > > it, haven't tested it though. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Damian Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: 19 October 2003 11:43 > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: [ cf-dev ] Regex > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I want a regex that replaces <p with <p class="whatever" > > and <a with > > > > <a class="whatever" -- is it possible to do this in one > > or do I have > > > > to run two expressions? > > > > > > > > d > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > ** Archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ** Archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%> 40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > > human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ** Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > ** Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ** Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%> 40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > ** Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%> 40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
