ColdFusion MX supports positive and negative look aheads. >Try this: > >#REReplaceNoCase( > "<a href=this,that and the other>word</a>", > "(<a[^>]*>)((?!</a).)*?(</a[^>]*>)", > "\2", > "ALL" >)# > >That uses a negative look ahead... I can't remember if that is supported in >CF directly or not. If it is not, try this: > >#REReplaceNoCase( > "<a href=this,that and the other>word</a>", > "(<a[^>]*>)(.)*?(</a[^>]*>)", > "\2", > "ALL" >)# > > >...................... >Ben Nadel >www.bennadel.com >Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > >Need Help? >www.bennadel.com/ask-ben/ > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Doug Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 8:12 AM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: regex help > >Was wondering how I would strip out everything between > ><a href=this,that and the other>word</a> and just leave the word? > > >Any ideas
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