hiliting all instances of a string in a field

Trevor DeVore lists at mangomultimedia.com
Wed Mar 3 13:35:31 EST 2004


On Mar 3, 2004, at 11:27 AM, Dar Scott wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at 11:05 AM, Trevor DeVore wrote:
>
>> I think matchChunk is the way to go.  I just need to figure out the 
>> regular expression for it and regular expressions aren't my strong 
>> suit.  I think the regular expression would have to find the string 
>> and then look behind for a "<a" with no "</a>" between it and the 
>> string.  Does this sound right?  Anyone know how to write that?
>
> Or skip said elements or chars before matching string.  Use a 
> non-gathering group and (because of the bug) a range on the repeat.  I 
> know that is cryptic and short.  Ask if I need to elaborate.

Please elaborate :-)

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Trevor DeVore
Blue Mango Multimedia
trevor at mangomultimedia.com



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