>we ultimately came up with this: >"(?![</]#Variables.Word#)(\W)(#Variables.Word#)(\W)" > >The only downside that we found is if the word is at the very end or >beginning of the paragraph.
That's the \W bits you're using - they're wrong; you want a zero-width word boundary, not a non-word character. Use \b(#Variables.Word#)\b and you wont need to do the workaround. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:314936 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4