Kelly Matthews writes: > YOU RULE!!!!! :) that worked just wonderfully :-)
He is an elite RegExp Ninja :) > >>From: "Ben Doom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: RE: Help Please: Find/Replace >>Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 14:54:43 -0500 >> >>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
