That's perfect Michael. Thanks a lot for your help :) Neil
Michael Weinberger wrote: > ************************************************************************** > This Message Was Virus Checked With : SAVI 3.58 May 2002 > Last Updated 11th June 2002 > ************************************************************************** > > > $x = preg_replace( "/([^\s&])&([^\s&])/", "$1&&$2", $x ); > should do the job. > Michael > > Neil Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > >>Hi, >> >>For all you Unix gurus this should be run of the mill stuff but us >>Windows boys tend to get confused easily :) >> >>How can I easily match occurrences of text along the lines of R&B and >>replace it with R&&B ? >> >>The regular expression s/&/&&/g obviously replaces any occurrence of an >>ampersand with a double ampersand but I need to do a match so that it >>only replaces instances which have non whitespace on either side of it, >>ie \S&\S >> >>I think I'm along the right lines but haven't had enough experience with >>regular expressions yet to 'finish the job'. >> >>Hope you can help. >> >>Neil >> >>-- >>---------------------------- >>Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>Web: www.curvedvision.com >>---------------------------- >> >> >>-- >>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > > > -- ---------------------------- Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.curvedvision.com ---------------------------- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
