A backslash followed by the match number. A nice oversimplified example:
Find: <option>([^0-9]*)([0-9]*)</option> Replace: <option value="\2">\1\2</option> If you do a search for 'Using regular expressions' in the studio docs you'll find the help for it. RegEx rocks. [EMAIL PROTECTED] <> wrote: > Question for the RegEx gurus out there (and something I > should have learned years ago!) - How do you use RegEx > backreferences in Studio's find and replace? > > I want to use all or part of the matched character string > from the "Find" in the "Replace" > > eg. say I have this code > <option>foo 1</option> > <option>bar 2</option> > > I want to do a regex replace so it ends up as: > <option value="1">foo 1</option> > <option value="2">bar 2</option> > > I can write a regex to match the input string ok. It's using > that match (or part of the match) in the replace that I can't work > out. > > Any clues? -- Lindsay Evans. Developer, Red Square Productions. [p] 8596.4000 [f] 8596.4001 [w] www.redsquare.com.au --- 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
