Thanks Ben, that's great! :D I did solve my main problem another way, but I should be able to get more elegant code with your method, so I'll have another go tomorrow.
>Peter, > >I have function that handles something similar: > >http://www.bennadel.com/blog/191-REReplace-Java-Function-Pointers-Freaki >n-Sexy-.htm >OR: http://www.bennadel.com/index.cfm?dax=blog:191.view > >Take a look and that and see if it helps. It basically takes a function >pointer that will be applied to each group as the matches are found. It >passes the array of matches to the group and expects a string to be >returned. > > >..................... >Ben Nadel >Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX7 Developer >www.bennadel.com > >Need ColdFusion Help? >www.bennadel.com/ask-ben/ > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Peter Boughton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 10:41 AM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: regular expression - callback function > >Hello. > >Does anyone know how I can implement a regex callback? > >ie: I have the following code: ><cfset Content = REReplace(Content,'<'&'cfif \(Var\(([^,]+),"([^"]+)")\) >([A-Z]+) "([^"]+\)">', '<'&'cfif (Var(\1),"\2")) \3 "\4">', "all")/> > >And I need to run a function on \1, \3 and \4 as they are replaced. > >I'm fairly sure CF itself doesn't have this functionality, but I'm >hoping someone can provide a simple Java example of how it works? > >Thanks, > >Peter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:269552 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4

