This sounds like a job for (da da da-daaaah) RegEx! You want something along the lines of string = rereplace(string, '\[([^]]+)\]', '<a href="\1">\1</a>', 'all');
I /think/ this will work. I've not tested it and whatnot. Working with brackets and other special characters always adds a bit of adventure to it. :-) HTH. And, of course, if you need more help or more in-depth commentary, jump on over to CF-RegEx (available via the [http://www.houseoffusion.com] website). Good luck. -- Ben Doom Programmer & General Lackey Moonbow Software, Inc : -----Original Message----- : From: Kelly Matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] : Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 2:43 PM : To: CF-Talk : Subject: Help Please: Find/Replace : : : OK I am sure there is an ez way to do this my brain just doesn't : seem to be : working today... : : We have an application where some people may enter URLs they are : requested : to enter them like so : : [http://www.whatever.com] : [http://www.whatever2.com] : [http://www.whatever3.com] : : What i want to be able to do is find each [ ] and take what's in : the middle : of it and wrap it in a <a : href="http://www.whatever.com";>http://www.whatever.com</a> and : remove the [ : ] there may be multiple URLS in the text. I have been messin around with : the find/replace etc. for a bit now and running into some problems. I am : sure i am just doing it wrong. Any suggestions on how to do this right? : : Kelly : : : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
