They are called character classes. You can find documentation on them here:
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/cf50docs/Developing_ColdFusion_Applicatio ns/regexp3.jsp Notice that there is a class missing from the doc and mentioned in the comments at the url above. ======================================================================= Raymond Camden, Principal Spectra Compliance Engineer for Macromedia Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Henderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 3:58 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Form Validation > > > When I was first using CF a while ago, I came across a web > page talking > about form validation, and they used this piece of code: > REFindNoCase("[[:digit:]]|[[:punct:]]", myvariable, 1) > > I have reused it now and again, but I really want to know what the > [[:digit:]]|[[:punct:]] thing is all about. Are there more of these? > Where can I get documentation? What are they called? I have looked at > various times, but to no avail. ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. 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

