Mira, here is the test file I've been using...
<cfsavecontent variable="X"><Book>
<Emphasis type="Bold">
sample text
<Emphasis type="Italic">
sample Text
<Emphasis type="underline">
sample text
</Emphasis>
</Emphasis>
sample text
</Emphasis>
<Emphasis type="Bold">
sample text
<Emphasis type="Italic">
sample Text
<Emphasis type="underline">
sample text
</Emphasis>
</Emphasis>
sample text
</Emphasis>
</Book></cfsavecontent>
<cfoutput><xmp style="float: left; margin: 1em; width:
40%;">#X#</xmp></cfoutput>
<!--- -------------------------- --->
<!--- Important code STARTS here --->
<!--- -------------------------- --->
<cfloop condition="#REFindNoCase('<Emphasis type="([a-z])[^"]+">', X)#">
<cfset X = REReplaceNoCase(X, '<Emphasis
type="([a-z])[^"]+">(([^<]|<(?!Emphasis))+?)</Emphasis>',
"<\1>\2</\1>", "all")/>
</cfloop>
<!--- -------------------------- --->
<!--- Important code ENDS here --->
<!--- -------------------------- --->
<cfoutput><xmp style="float: left; margin: 1em; width: 40%;
border-left: 3px double silver;">#X#</xmp></cfoutput>
<cfsetting showdebugoutput="no"/>
On 11/15/06, mira mira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> thanks for all ur suggestions.
> Can u please give me the sample code for ur solution.
>
> Thanks
>
> >On 11/14/06, Peter Boughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Ah, I knew I was missing something.
> >> ....but... you can prevent that with a negative lookahead. :)
> >> Something along the lines of.
> >> <Emphasis type="([a-z])[^"]+">([^<]|<(?!Emphasis))+?</Emphasis>
> >> So it only matches Emphasis tags that do not themselves contain the
> >> <Emphasis string.
> >> That should work, right? (inside an appropriate cfloop)
> >
> >In a pure world, then maybe. But in the world created by this
> >example, the tags *do* contain other tags of the same type. This
> >would match a tag if, and only if, it did *not*. The tags wouldn't
> >get replaced if other tags of the same type were nested inside.
> >
> >The regex you applied would, in effect, find the innermost Emphasis
> >tag of a particular group, but there may be many levels of nest and
> >even many adjacent tags. Everything isn't quite that neat, I don't
> >think. :-)
> >
> >Given:
> >
> ><Book>
> ><Emphasis type="Bold">
> >sample text
> > <Emphasis type="Italic">
> > sample Text
> > <Emphasis type="underline">
> > sample text
> > </Emphasis>
> > </Emphasis>
> >sample text
> ></Emphasis>
> ><Emphasis type="Bold">
> >sample text
> > <Emphasis type="Italic">
> > sample Text
> > <Emphasis type="underline">
> > sample text
> > </Emphasis>
> > </Emphasis>
> >sample text
> ></Emphasis>
> ></Book>
> >
> >Your regex would find the innermost tag of the first group, but
> >without the help of additional code it wouldn't be able to adjust to
> >the next, non-nested group nor would it be able to jump to the
> >adjacent group.
> >
> >I think you're right - it could be done, but it doesn't seem as
> >intuitive to my brain. To me it's easier to find a particular tag
> >(using /<Emphasis type="[a-z]+">/ or whatever regex) and from the end
> >point of that tag look for /<\/?Emphasis>/. If you encounter another
> >open Emphasis tag, increment the counter, if you encounter a close
> >Emphasis tag and the counter is "0" then you've found the end tag
> >you're looking for, else decrement the counter.
> >
> >Like anything else, I guess: there's more than one way to do it. I
> >just can't quite wrap my brain around the way you're proposing. :-)
>
>
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