Are you sure it's a space and not 2 spaces? Or a tab? Try using \s* to indicate that there may be one or more space characters.
\)\s*\) <cfset cleandata2 = REReplaceNoCase(cleandata1, '\)\s*\)', ')', 'all')> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Rick Colman <rcol...@cox.net> wrote: > > I am trying to replace two trailing parens )) with a single paren. > > here is a sample string: > > (K AAA) (N AAC) (E GAA) ) > > looks like there is a space in between the two )), so I tried: > > <cfset cleandata2 = #REReplaceNoCase( cleandata1,'\)\ \)',')','all')#> > > but this is not working. > > Any ideas as two what is wrong greatly appreciated. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:339443 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
