So you want whats between [ and ]? Reextract http://www.contentbox.com/claude/CustomTags/REextract/testREextract.cfm?p=ts
..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -----Original Message----- From: Orlini, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 12:50 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: find a string I want to display a set of characters after a string (or in this case one chgarater) in a text file is found. For example, after the search finds the "[" bracket, how can I tell it to display a certian amount of characters after this "["? if the string is [11999922] I want it to display only the characters after which would be 11999922 Thanks. RO HWW Here is my code: <cffile action="read" file="e:\tracetest2.txt" variable="thetrace2"> <pre> <cfoutput> <CFSET thetrace2 = #trim(thetrace2)#> <font face="Verdana" size="1"><b> #left(thetrace2, 50)# </b></font> </pre> This output tells me the "[" bracket is 36 spaces <cfset stringToSearch = "#left(thetrace2, 50)#"> #findoneof("[",stringToSearch)#<br> </cfoutput> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:291606 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
