The example I showed was just an example, really the telephone number could be anything
+31 07 3433 3243 07 3433 2111 4345 3434 33334455 -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 20 November 2003 10:25 AM To: CFAussie Mailing List Subject: [cfaussie] Re: RegEx Backreferences... > It's so that I know pos[3] will always return the area code. But the area code is the first subexpression starting at pos[2] . . . ? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:bounce-cfaussie- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Taco Fleur > Sent: Thursday, 20 November 2003 11:56 a.m. > To: CFAussie Mailing List > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: RegEx Backreferences... > > ok next one... > > Can you do something like > > (\+\d+|select nothing here, but populate structure) > > Reason for doing this is so that > pos[2] len[2] will exists, if that makes any sense? > > It's so that I know pos[3] will always return the area code. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Spike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 20 November 2003 9:41 AM > To: CFAussie Mailing List > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: RegEx Backreferences... > > > Something like this should do it for you: > > <cfset regex = "(\d+)\s+(\d{4}\s+\d{4})"> > <cfset str = "07 1234 5678"> > > <cfset stResult = reFindNoCase(regex,str,1,true)> > > <cfdump var="#stResult#"> > > <cfset areacode = mid(str,stResult.pos[2],stResult.len[2])> > <cfset number = mid(str,stResult.pos[3],stResult.len[3])> > > <cfoutput>(#areacode#) #number#</cfoutput> > > If you return sub-expressions, the resulting structure will contain > multiple entries. The first element in the pos and len arrays will be > the match for the whole regex. The subsequent entries will be the > matches for the sub-expressions. > > There should be n+1 entries in those arrays. Where n is the number of > sub-expressions in your regex. > > Spike > > > Taco Fleur wrote: > > > Morning! > > > > How do I return back references? (maybe I need another coffee, but I > > just don't see it) > > > > The regex > > (\d+)\s+(\d{4}\s+\d{4}) > > > > 07 1234 5678 > > > > I know I can reference to the area code by > > 07 = \1 > > I know I can reference to the telephone number by > > 1234 5678 = \2 > > > > But how in godsname do I output it? > > > > I could NOT just do > > <cfoutput> > > #\1# #\2# > > </cfoutput> > > > > All I can think of is using reReplace() but surely there must be some > > other way!? > > > > > > > > *Taco Fleur > > 07 3535 5072* > > Tell me and I will forget > > Show me and I will remember > > Teach me and I will learn > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia > > http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004 > > -- > Stephen Milligan > Software Architect for http://www.bestrates.com.au > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-cfaussie- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia > http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004 > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-cfaussie- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia > http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004 --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004 --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004
