August 2003
Intermediate to advanced
1140 pages
68h 45m
English
REReplace
REReplace(string, regex, substring [, scope])Returns string with
regex replaced by
substring for the specified
scope. regex
can be any valid ColdFusion regular expression.
scope may be set as either
One or All, where
One results in the replacement of the first
occurrence of the regular expression, and All
results in the replacement of all occurrences of the regular
expression. The default scope is
One. REReplace( ) performs a
case-sensitive search. Here’s an example that
demonstrates the use of this function:
<cfset OriginalString="T8h3i53s 1i2s3 8a3 t3e2s9t."> <cfset NewString = REReplace(OriginalString, "[[:digit:]]", "", "ALL")> <cfoutput> Original String: #OriginalString#<br> New String: #NewString# </cfoutput>