> I'm not sure why I can not get this to work. What am I doing wrong? > I want to replace <!--s1-->*<!--e1-->
> TIA, > Duane > <cfset myStr1 = "blah <!--s1-->x1 y2<!--e1--> blah"> > <cfset myStr2 = "abc"> > <cfset newStr = ReReplaceNoCase(myStr1, "<!--s1-->[*]<!--e1-->", > "<!--s1-->#myStr2#<!--e1-->")> Hey Duane, You might want to check out [EMAIL PROTECTED] To answer your question, * means "zero or more", so you have to place it after what you want zero or more of... so something like this: <cfset newStr = REReplaceNoCase(myStr1,"^(.*<!--s1-->).*(<!--e1-->.*)$","\1#myStr2#\2")> Ought to get you what you want. translated, this expression means start at the beginning of the string (^), find zero or more of anything (.*) followed by <!--s1-->, followed by anything (.*) followed by <!--e1--> followed by anything (.*) to the end of the string ($). Then replace what was found with the first part of the string (\1) -- this is called a backreference and it mirrors what is in the first pair of parenthesis in the expression, followed by my new string, followed by the last part of the string. hth s. isaac dealey 954-776-0046 new epoch http://www.turnkey.to lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
