Calling a function on a regex backreference

Hopefully this should be an easy and quick answer. I want to call a function on a regex backreference, ie: REreplace(string,regex,function('\1'),'ALL'); is this possible? I've tried every imaginable combination to make it work, and its just not happening!!! Thanks, Ryan

Re: Calling a function on a regex backreference

On 11/2/06, Ryan Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hopefully this should be an easy and quick answer. I want to call a function on a regex backreference, ie: REreplace(string,regex,function('\1'),'ALL'); is this possible? I've tried every imaginable combination to make it work, and its

Re: Calling a function on a regex backreference

hmm, see that wouldn't work. im looping through a string, replacing emails with an obfuscated/hidden version of the email address... so i need to call the function directly... ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly

Re: Calling a function on a regex backreference

On 11/2/06, Ryan Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hmm, see that wouldn't work. im looping through a string, replacing emails with an obfuscated/hidden version of the email address... so i need to call the function directly... If context is important, try posting a larger snippet. Maybe that

Re: Calling a function on a regex backreference

It will work on the whole string, not just the back reference. Ryan, I don't think it's something that can be done with CF, but it might be possible to use Java's regex instead. Have a look at these two blog entries which might help: http://www.bennadel.com/index.cfm?dax=blog:301.view

Re: Calling a function on a regex backreference

ok, so i have a long string with emails within it, what i want to do is identify the emails in teh string, and replace them with the result of the function obfuscate(email)... so what im doing is this: function hideEmails(s) { return rereplace(s,(mailto:)([EMAIL

Re: Calling a function on a regex backreference - SOLVED

wonderful... the java solution worked a treat! thanks! ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year.

Re: Calling a function on a regex backreference

Peter is right. Now that I see what you're trying to do, I don't think it can be done in CF. I'm don't think it can be done in Java, either. To perform multiple actions within a single string (which you're doing since you're assuming multiple matches), you'll need to use REFind() and loop over

Re: Calling a function on a regex backreference - SOLVED

On 11/2/06, Ryan Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: wonderful... the java solution worked a treat! thanks! Would you mind posting the final code? I'd like to see how that operates. Thanks. ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority

Re: Calling a function on a regex backreference - SOLVED

no problem: jrereplace(s,(mailto:)([EMAIL PROTECTED]),helper,'ALL'); the helper is a reference to a function, which takes 2 params, 1 is the full matched string, 2 is an array of the portions to the matched string: function helper(s,g) { return obfuscate(s); } the jrereplace is defined as:

Re: Calling a function on a regex backreference

im looping through a string, replacing emails with an obfuscated/hidden version of the email address. I may have a simpler solution: I have these CF and JS functions in Application.cfm: /CFSCRIPT function hideAddress(address) { return replace(replace(address, @, $), ., ;, all); }

Re: Calling a function on a regex backreference

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