>- see footer for list info -< Sorry, I need to use regex, I am not actually using the regular expression 'simon' I just used it as an example.
It doesn't matter now anyway I have discovered that you just need to surround your regEx with ^ and $ Thanks anyway On 12/7/05, Mark Smyth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >- see footer for list info -< > I might the missing something here, but if it's a case of direct match why > bother using regex at all? Just do a direct comparison i.e. <cfif trim(var1) > is "string"..... > > If you need to use regex, I'm pretty sure the string (i.e, "simon") you are > trying to match for will be the regex. > > Hth > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Baynes > Sent: 07 December 2005 13:29 > To: Coldfusion Development > Subject: Re: [CF-Dev] Exact Match with RegEx > > >- see footer for list info -< > I want to pass in some regEx and get true if it matches exactly (ie no other > text) and false for all other conditions. > > So passing in 'simon' would match 'simon' but not 'simon baynes' > > Make sense, I know I can achieve this by doing a reReplace() and then a > len() but I wondered if there was a cleaner way. > > On 12/7/05, Stephen Moretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >- see footer for list info -< > > Simon Baynes wrote: > > >> - see footer for list info -< > > >> > > > Anyone know a way of doing an exact pattern match in CF using regEx. > > > I cannot find anything out there that does it. > > > > > > I though about deleting it via reReplace() and then using len() but > > > that seems a bit messy. > > > > > > Any thoughts? > > ummm... REFind() REFindNoCase() ??? > > > > What is it exactly you're tryin to do? > > > > Stephen > > _______________________________________________ > > > > For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go > > to http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo > > > > -- > > CFDeveloper Sponsors:- > > >- Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< > > >- Forum provided by www.fusetalk.com -< > > >- DHTML Menus provided by www.APYCOM.com -< > > >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< > > >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your > > >help -< > > > > > -- > Simon Baynes > www.simonbaynes.com > _______________________________________________ > > For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to > http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo > > -- > CFDeveloper Sponsors:- > >- Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< > >- Forum provided by www.fusetalk.com -< > >- DHTML Menus provided by www.APYCOM.com -< > >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< > >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help > >-< > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to > http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo > > -- > CFDeveloper Sponsors:- > >- Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< > >- Forum provided by www.fusetalk.com -< > >- DHTML Menus provided by www.APYCOM.com -< > >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< > >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help -< > -- Simon Baynes www.simonbaynes.com _______________________________________________ For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo -- CFDeveloper Sponsors:- >- Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< >- Forum provided by www.fusetalk.com -< >- DHTML Menus provided by www.APYCOM.com -< >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help -<
