That's a back reference. It refers to the fifth parenthesised section in your regex. Of course you probably don't have a fifth parenthesised section, so it's replaced with an empty string. You should be able to just replace all "\" in your replacement string with "\\" first to fix this.
-----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Gingerich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 15 December 2005 3:01 p.m. To: CF-Talk Subject: backslash-digit interpreted in strings I'm using REReplace and the replacement string contains a "\5". The string came from a FORM, it was never a literal on a page. Nonetheless, ColdFusion appears to process it out and it disappears. Can anyone explain that this is not a straight out bug? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:227071 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
