Thanks Greg.
Its just it happens a bit because I often use the CF regular expression engine
for reformatting HTML off web sites into DB insertable records, or searching for
overly redundant code, and other such tasks.
Sometimes I goof the REs and it virtually hangs because there are so many
potential matches.
David Cummins
Greg Witte wrote:
>
> Bob - Like David said, it's just like using the RE replace functions. If
> you've got the Advanced ColdFusion 4.0 Ben Forta book, take a look at
> chapter 20 for specifics on regular expressions.
>
> David - If your search is taking too long and you want to abort, perform
> another search on something that that you know won't take long (like
> searching a blank document). The current search will be cancelled in lieu
> of the new search which returns immediately.
>
> -Greg Witte
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Cummins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 6:14 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Regular Expression in Extended Search and Replace
>
> As far as I know, its the same as REs in the ColdFusion functions, Bob.
>
> The main thing to remember is that you don't put any of the regular
> expression
> stuff in the replace box, except for back-references.
>
> BTW, is there any way to stop CF Studio searching if you botch your RE and
> it
> takes a REALLY long time?
>
> David Cummins
>
> Robert Everland III wrote:
> >
> > Anyone have some example sytax for using regular expressions in
> the
> > extended search and replace and find in Cold Fusion Studio 4.5?
> >
> > Bob Everland
> >
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