Steve, I don't need to access the backreferences IN the expression. I need to access them AFTER the expression.
The way I want it: <cfset datetime = REFindNoCase(regex, entry)> <cfset month = datetime.br[1]> <cfset day = datetime.br[2]> <cfset year = datetime.br[3]> The current way: <cfset datetime = REFindNoCase(regex, entry)> <cfset month = mid(entry, datetime.pos[1], datetime.len[1])> <cfset day = mid(entry, datetime.pos[2], datetime.len[2])> <cfset year = mid(entry, datetime.pos[3], datetime.len[3])> Thanks -Brent > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 7:03 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: extracting backreferences from an executed regex > > > You access the backreference with \1 or \2 etc. > > ReReplace("(.*?)asdf(.*?)", "\1 \2", string) > > ______________________ > steve oliver > cresco technologies, inc. > http://www.crescotech.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brent Goldman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 10:08 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: extracting backreferences from an executed regex > > > Hi everyone, > > As of now, a regex operation doesn't return the backreferences, but > only > the length and the positions of them. What I want to do is > extract the > backreferences using the regex.pos[i] and regex.len[i] variables such > that > we can use regex.br[i] to get the backreference. > > Does anyone have any tags to do this? > > Thanks > -Brent > > ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
