Name
REReplace
Synopsis
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 examples that demonstrates the
use of this function:
<CFSET OriginalString="T8h3i53s 8a3 t3e2s9t."> <CFSET NewString = REReplace("T8h3i53s 8a3 t3e2s9t.", "[[:digit:]]", "", "ALL")> <CFOUTPUT> Original String: #OriginalString#<BR> New String: #NewString# </CFOUTPUT>
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