Why not just put everything you DO want in the string and invert it. ^[A-Z#*/-]
<!----------------//------ andy matthews web developer certified advanced coldfusion programmer ICGLink, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 615.370.1530 x737 --------------//---------> -----Original Message----- From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 9:41 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Regex Help... I need to remove all characters from a string that are *NOT* the following: A-Z # * / - currently, my regex looks like this: REReplace(lastName,"[^[:alpha:]]","","ALL"))) Clearly, I've got to add the other characters in, but I'm not sure quite where to put them. Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:248997 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

