Claude makes a good point. My original regex will catch "& i am a tall
man;"
You could limit the length, as he does, or you could use
\&##?\w+;
Which is an ampersand, an optional hash mark (yes, Claude, you do have
to escape it), one or more "word" bits (letters, numbers), and the
trailing semicolon.
--Ben "regex from the darkness" Doom
Claude Schneegans wrote:
> >>What would be the syntax to find all of the strings that look like:
> ®, ™ (i.e. the format amprsand[any character(s)]semicolon) in
> a string?
>
> I would put a limit on the length of the string between & and ;,
> otherwise you may end up with unwanted long strings.
> Try this : "&#?[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,8};"
> You may have to double the # if you are within CF code.
>
> This will catch something like & or or  , but not
> "... the Jo Blow & ass. company ;..."
>
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