If you're only replacing symbols you don't really need regex.
For most symbols, just replace them with their &## counterpart:
replacelist(str, "@,%", "&#asc('@')#,&#asc('%')#")If you need to replace &s you need to make sure to do so before any other symbols. Blair On 8/22/07, Steve Onnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What I am trying to do is replace all values in a string with the &# value > of the character. This is what I have so far... > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > <cfsavecontent variable="str"> > this is my email address <a > href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a> > </cfsavecontent> > <cfset reg = "([[:alnum:]|\.]*)@([[:alnum:]|\.]*)" /> > <cfscript> > function mask() { > var str = arguments[1]; > var i = 1; > var length = LEN(str); > var returnStr = ""; > for (i=1; i LTE length; i=i+1) { > returnStr = returnStr & "&###ASC(MID(str, i, > 1))#"; > } > return returnStr; > } > </cfscript> > <cfoutput> > #REReplaceNoCase(str, reg, mask("[EMAIL PROTECTED]"), "ALL")# > </cfoutput> > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > If I just return the "str" value it returns the email address but is I > loop > over the string I get "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" returned as the string. > > Is there a way around this? > > Steve > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
