Thanks Ben, Jerry, Claude, Rob. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Nadel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 3:19 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: regexp help > Importance: High > > Ray, > > I don't think there is any real difference. I am just grouping my > characters [_12]+ and noting that at least one item (+) is required for > the match. > > He is just listing them as being "OR"'d. > > Grouping [] inherently denotes OR. The | is an explicit OR. > > Also, if your example get's bigger, the | actually breaks the expression > up. For instnace, if you wanted to add outlier characters such as > getting rid of the above ONLY IF surronded by A and Z... > > My method would be: > > A[_12]+Z > > His method would be: > > A(_|1|2)+Z > > > It's all a matter of personal taste I suppose. > > ...................... > Ben Nadel > Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > www.bennadel.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 2:54 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: regexp help > > Ben, Claude, just so I know, what's the difference between your > solutions? > Is it merely more than one way to skin a cat, or is one better than > another? > > > <cfset strTest = REReplace( strTest, "[_12]+", "", "ALL" ) /> > > > > REreplace (MyString, "_|1|2", "", "all") > > > > >
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