Yeah, from 5 to 6 was a huge jump in RE usefulness. :-) This is why a great number of regex threads immediatly respond to the question with "what CF version".
--Ben Bobby Hartsfield wrote: > Sorry about that. I wasnt aware it was that much different between > versions. Hope I didn't cause you any headache with the MX regex I posted. > > ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. > Bobby Hartsfield > http://acoderslife.com > > Unfortunately, the CF5 regex engine is a bit lacking in some areas. You > can find the string with this: > > id="[a-z0-9-]+" > > Please note that that captures the id= and quotes as well. > > At this point, you can either use the ReExtract function (found on > CFLib.org) or extract the string manually. ucase() the string, and > re-insert into the original. > > Also, if these text files are big, please keep in mind that CF5 had a > pretty strict limit on the size of file it could work with -- I think > for refind() it was around 20k, so you may need to split them up if > they're big. > > --Ben > > Dave Francis wrote: > >>Hi, >> Sorry for OT, but stumped. >> >> I need a regex (or any CF5 solution) to change all uuid's within a txt >>file to uppercase. They are all in quotes and preceded by id=. >> ie. id="38d4db48-7a05-491a-b258-675ddb02fd0e" >> >>Thanks in advance to all and any advice >> Dave >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:222380 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
