? is a regex operator so you need to escape it with a \ Steve
-----Original Message----- From: Giles Roadnight [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 February 2003 16:27 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ cf-dev ] Simple regular expression problem Hi guys I am trying to format a string and use it as a filed name so I need to get rid of all non alpha characters. I am trying to use urlencodedformat then replace all % and the two following characters (the numbers). So far all I have is this: <cfset request.fieldName = rereplace(urlencodedformat(request.fieldtitle),"%??","","All")> but this just removes the % and not the two characters after it. Thanks Giles Roadnight http://giles.roadnight.name -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
