A regex should be what you need. Try This "/<p>(.*)<\/p>/"
For plain text try this http://www.exampledepot.com/egs/java.util.regex/ReadPara.html On Jun 4, 2012 4:19 PM, "Robert Harrison" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Trying to write a function to get the first paragraph in a string. My test > string is: > > <h2>Remove the a header</h2><p>This is the marigold > following the header. This is more.</p><p>This is another paragraph.</p> > > The idea is two steps: Get everything to the LEFT of the </p> (this > works), then get everything to the right of the first <p> tag... this is > working strangely. Any thoughts? The trouble is in the Right extract. > > function getFirstParagraph(str) { > str = trim(str); > endTag = findNoCase("</p>", str); > startTag = findNoCase("<p>", str); > if (endTag gt 0) { > endTag = endTag + 3; > extract = left(str, endTag); > } else { > extract = str; > } > if (startTag gt 0) { > startTag = startTag + 4; > extract = right(extract, startTag); > } else { > extract = str; > } > return extract; > } > </cfscript> > > <cfoutput>#getFirstParagraph(comment)#</cfoutput> > > > Thanks > > Robert Harrison > Director of Interactive Services > > Austin & Williams > Advertising I Branding I Digital I Direct > 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 I Hauppauge, NY 11788 > T 631.231.6600 X 119 F 631.434.7022 > http://www.austin-williams.com > > Blog: http://www.austin-williams.com/blog > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/austin_williams > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rakshith N [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 8:18 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: ColdFusion Developer Week - 4th and 8th June, 2012 > > > Hi All, > > We are conducting the 2nd ColdFusion Developer week happening from 4th > 8th June 2012. (Register here: http://adobe.com/go/cfdeveloperweek ) > > With the launch of ColdFusion 10, we are back with the 2nd ColdFusion > Developer Week, a series of free, live webinars hosted by seasoned > ColdFusion experts. The webinars cover a wide range of topics, from what > ColdFusion is and how to code it, to more in-depth topics related to CF10- > HTML5, REST, ORM, Security enhancements and more. > > If you are a new developer, someone with little or no ColdFusion > experience, or even if you have been using ColdFusion all your life, these > sessions are ideal for you. The ColdFusion Developer Week provides > something for everyone so sign up now (http://adobe.com/go/cfdeveloperweek > ) > > Thanks, > Rakshith Naresh > Product Manager - ColdFusion > Twitter: @rakshithn > Blog: http://blogs.coldfusion.com > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:351443 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
