Yeah, you were searching for spaces with that. If you have a [ ] followed by a * then it's searching for one or more spaces.
< title > untitled </title> <[ ]*title[ ]*>[ ]*[[:alpha:]]*[[:punct:]]*[ ]*</title> ______________________ steve oliver atnet solutions, inc. http://www.atnetsolutions.com -----Original Message----- From: Kola Oyedeji [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 5:39 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: another quick regular expression question Thanks for the replies havent tested them out yet but will they work if the title tag actualy has spaces inside as well? < title > </title > Also could anyone see where I went wrong in my original regular expression: <[ ]*title[ ]*>[ ]*[[:alpha:]]*[[:punct:]]*[ ]*</title> as I'm trying get to grips with reg expressions.I assumed that * means 0 or more occurences so the above should match <title>untitled</title> even if there are no spaces or punctuation. Thanks Kola Oyedeji Web developer Macromedia Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer ekeda ltd http://www.ekeda.co.uk (+44)020-8429-7300 ______________________________________________________________________ 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
