Have you played with the MX RegEx any?
> : Ben is forgetting that CF 5 and earlier RegEx are greedy and his > : example will get a lot more than just from "Ben" to the period. > : It'll get from "Ben" to the last period on the page or string. > : This would work better in CF5 and earlier > : "Ben is [^.]*\. > : Note that there's really just one type of comparison. Is the > : character a period or not. > : "Ben is [a-zA-Z ]*?\." > : would work in MX. Note the ? after the asterisk. it says get all > : of a-z but only as many as needed to fulfill the requirements. Be > : stingy. But its still doing more comparisons. If the character an > : a? a b? a c? etc. > > Actually, Ben was trying to use trivial examples to be clear. But point > taken. :-) > > > > --Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm 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
