Avery useful function for dealing with strings. Uses a regular expression (RE) to search a string for a string pattern and replace it with another. The search is case-sensitive, and it has attributes you can set to control case.<\/p>\n
REReplace(string, reg_expression, substring [, scope ])<\/p>\n
Since there is no Proper Case or Title Case in CF we can use REReplace to do it. Or use it to modify spaces from strings to create URLs. Don’t forget the scope variable. Valid values are 1 (default) or ALL. You can use this as part of SQL statements or CFIF logic or even to edit text. The string to replace can be a dynamic variable too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Avery useful function for dealing with strings. Uses a regular expression (RE) to search a string for a string pattern and replace it with another. The search is case-sensitive, and it has attributes you can set to control case. REReplace(string, … Continue reading
\n#rereplace( \"erics test lab\", \"b([a-z])\", \"U1\", \"ALL\")#
\nyields: Erics Test Lab<\/code><\/p>\n
\ncfset myUrl=\"#rereplace( \"Erics Test Lab\", \" \", \"-l\", \"ALL\")# .com\"
\nyields: myUrl=\"erics-test-lab.com\"<\/code><\/p>\n