You can also fix you original expression by using ? to modify the greedy match. <cfset attributes.description = REreplace(attributes.description,'(.*?)<.*?>(.*?)','\1\2','all')/>
but Jerry's expression is probably better in your case. Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 3:24 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Why doesn't this regular expression work? > > It is running what is called a "greedy" search. So the first .* grabs > the very largest set it can grab, followed by the largest <> it can > grab, followed by what is left. What you describe is exactly what is > written. > > Since you don't really care about anything outside the <>, then just > replace what is inside them > > "<[^>]*>","","ALL" > > On 2/28/06, Johnny Le <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am trying to remove all HTML tags from the description. Why doesn't > this work? It only replaces the last occurrence, just like when I specify > "one" instead of "all", but it replaces the last occurrence instead of the > first occurrence. > > > > <cfset attributes.description = > REreplace(attributes.description,'(.*)<.*>(.*)','\1\2','all')/> > > > > Johnny > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:233680 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
