myString = "DVD : Shipping(europe) : insurance > total $27.00(us funds)";
myCost = val(REreplace(myString, "^.*\$", "", "one"));

that should work, as long as the '$' before the cost is the last dollar sign
in the string.

barneyb
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 2:11 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: calling ben doom or other 4 simple regex
>
>
> i have a form that the user can select from a menu
> say they pick this one
>
> DVD : Shipping(europe) : insurance > total $27.00(us funds)
>
> i need to strip that down to be just the dollar amount in a whole # so
> that # can be used on a paypal button.
> in this case 27
>
>
> 
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