>for "end of string" ... wish I could remember the beginning of string code,
carat ^
jamie
On Fri, 5 Jul 2002 15:23:06 -0400, in cf-talk you wrote:
>> Hello All.
>
>> We are currently running CF 4.01 (don't ask).. :-)
>> Anyways, I am trying to check if a value is a UUID,
>> does anyone have a quick code snippet for this, or can
>> someone tell me what the best way to do this would be?
>
>I don't remember what all the specifics are for CF 4.01 ... however... a CF
>generated UUID is always in the format of
>
>C42BFC86-D99B-4F37-80EE699DEDDDB88F
>XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>
>where X is 0-9|A-Z ... So assuming you have REFind in 4.01 you could use
>
>REFind(myvariable,"(0-9|A-Z){8,8}-(0-0|A-Z){4,4}-(0-9|A-Z){16,16}$")
>
>which should return a 1 if the string is a UUID ... I believe $ is the code
>for "end of string" ... wish I could remember the beginning of string code,
>which you'd want to put on the beginning of the expression also ...
>Otherwise, you can check the length of the string separately to make sure
>it's 35 characters...
>
>hth
>
>Isaac
>
>www.turnkey.to
>954-776-0046
>
>
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