help my string

[_el_Jefe]

Running MX6.1 So I've got this .TXT that I'm CFFILE reading into memory (at
some point this data will probably be in a DB). The TXT has some basic visual
formatting to it. I'm doing: <cfset Variables.foo = #Replace(Variables.foo,
chr(13) &amp; chr(10), '<br>', 'ALL')#> and this output looks just the way I
want it to in the browser. But here's the kicker: I need to loop throug this
string, and take any copy as it may appear between a pair of <br> tags and turn
it into hyperlink, with the link looking something like this: <a
href='foo.cfm&amp;section=#LoopCount#'>bunch of copy</a>. For example. From
this: <br> To make it truster of your own report<br> Against yourself: I know
you are no truant.<br><br><br> But what is your affair in Elsinore?<br> We'll
teach you to drink deep ere you depart.<br><br> To this: <br> <a
href='foo.cfm&amp;section=457'>To make it truster of your own
report</a><br><br><br> <a href='foo.cfm&amp;section=458'>Against yourself: I
know you are no truant.</a><br> <a href='foo.cfm&amp;section=459'>But what is
your affair in Elsinore?</a><br> <a href='foo.cfm&amp;section=460'>We'll teach
you to drink deep ere you depart.</a><br><br> Ya dig? My regular expression
skills are hit or miss, and I'm not having much luck at the moment. Any help or
suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[eastinq]

Basically a 2 step process. A regular expression replace and then loop to add
increment.

Assuming your whole text is stored in variable mytext, this code should work.



<cfset mytext2 = REReplace(mytext,"([>][[:cntrl:] ]?)([^<]+)","\1<a
href='foo.cfm&section=ZZZ'>\2</a>","ALL")>

<cfset counter = 458>
<cfloop condition = "Find('ZZZ',mytext2) neq 0">
<cfset mytext2 = Replace(mytext2, "ZZZ", counter)>
<cfset counter = counter + 1>
</cfloop>

<cfoutput>#mytext2#</cfoutput>

[_el_Jefe]

YEAH! That's what I'm talkin about! eastinq YOU ROCK! I had to make a couple
changes, but your regex is dope!

<cfset Variables.foo = #Replace(Variables.foo, chr(13) & chr(10), "<br>",
"ALL")#>
<cfset Variables.foo = REReplace(Variables.foo,"([>][[:cntrl:]
]?)([^<]+)","\1<a href='foo.cfm&section=ZZZ'>\2</a>","ALL")>

<cfset counter = 1>
<cfloop condition="#Find("ZZZ", Variables.foo)# NEQ 0">
<cfset Variables.foo = Replace(Variables.foo, "ZZZ", counter)>
<cfset counter = counter + 1>
</cfloop>

<cfoutput>
#Variables.foo#
</cfoutput>