I'm curious what exactly you're trying to do, which might reveal a better way of doing it.
Are you trying to replace variable placeholders so that you can evaluate the code chunk? On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Richard White <[email protected]> wrote: > > thanks dain, this has made me realise i really need to know more about > regular expressions, as i could have another string that has now() instead > of the parenthesis: > > <cfset str = '({name1}/365.25)*(datediff(now(),{name3}))' /> > > have played around with the expression you suggested to pick up anything > between the datediff() as then i can run the rematch from example above, > although my attempts have all failed so far... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342472 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
