Wowee... in CF8, this works with a lookahead. <cfset str = ' <cfscript> var rbo = ""; var someVar = "Will"; var someOtherVar = "Whatever"; Whateverelse logic here... rbo = closeggObj(); rbo = ""; </cfscript> '>
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