I don't think it works that way with spaces. If I have the string "hello world"
And do a regexp for [ ]*he[ ]*llo[ ]*wor[ ]*ld[ ]* I don't believe that will work either, But this way should hello[ ]*world Or hello[[:space:]]*world ______________________ steve oliver atnet solutions, inc. http://www.atnetsolutions.com -----Original Message----- From: Kola Oyedeji [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 10:53 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: another quick regular expression question Steve I thought * matched 0 or more occurences? thanks Kola Oyedeji Web developer Macromedia Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer ekeda ltd http://www.ekeda.co.uk (+44)020-8429-7300 > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 01 February 2002 15:34 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: another quick regular expression question > > > 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
