thanks heaps barneyb... <cfset new_text = reverse(trim(mytext))> <cfset new_text = replaceNoCase(new_text, ">tellub/<", ">lu/<>il/<", "One")> <cfset new_text = reverse(new_text)> <cfset new_text = replaceNoCase(new_text, "<bullet>", "<ul><li>", "One")> <cfset new_text = replaceNoCase(new_text, "<bullet>", "<li>", "All")> <cfset new_text = replaceNoCase(new_text, "</bullet>", "</li>", "All")>
will put this into a function and should do the trick nicely. now if only i could work out how to do this when the text contains multiple list sets!! mike ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:316368 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4

