"Is there a way to do this with 'OUT' having to specify the words/phrases to
search for"
-Doug
----- Original Message -----
From: "DougF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: Strip multiple words from string
> Thanks Claude,
> Taking your suggestion I put this function together. My effort works in a
> simple way, but it is not a total solution to my problem...
> What I'm attempting to do is stitch together a number of different strings
> to create a keyword list. After the strings are assembled I need to strip
> out any duplicate words or phrases delimited by commas. Is there a way to
do
> this with having to specify the words/phrases to search for. RegExp's
maybe?
> Any suggestions?
>
> -Doug
> -----------------------
> <cfscript>
> function CleanKeywords(str){
> str = ReReplaceNoCase(str,"^[^[:alnum:]]*", "");// trims space at front
> str = rereplaceNoCase(str,"[^[:alnum:]]*$", "");// trims space at rear
> str = ReplaceNoCase(str,"Word_1","1x1x1x1");// replace first occurance of
> word with place holder word.
> str = ReplaceNoCase(str,"Word_2","2x2x2x2");
> str = ReplaceNoCase(str,"Word_3","3x3x3x3");
> // add addional words to find.
> str = ReplaceList(str,"Word_1,Word_2,Word_3",", , ,");// delete additional
> occurances of word.
> str = ReplaceNoCase(str,"1x1%1x1","Word_1");// restore original word at
> place holder word.
> str = ReplaceNoCase(str,"2x2%2x2","Word_2");
> str = ReplaceNoCase(str,"3x3%3x3","Word_3");
> // add addional words to restore.
> return str;
> }
> </cfscript>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Claude Schneegans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 8:27 PM
> Subject: Re: Strip multiple words from string
>
>
> > Hmmmm, I think I would use the replace function to first replace the
first
> occurrence of the word by some string unlikely to be found in the text,
> like say "%*%*%*", then replace all remaining words by nothing, using
"all"
> , then but back the word at the place %*%*%* is.
> > If you don't have too many words, the solution is workable.
>
>
>
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