getting text bewtween 2 tags

[Hulfy]

Hi,

I have a block of code like this

<div class="leftCol>

<!---start--->

this is the code i need to get

<!---end--->

</div>

I need to get everything between the start and end coments. if this is stored in the variable #myCode# how can I can I achive this?

Thanks,

R

[cknk4evr]

if the code is stored in #mycode#, is there a problem with doing

<cfoutput>

#mycode#

</cfoutput>

[Guest]

can you please clarify "get"

do you mean you need to get the code between those tags and store it in #myCode# or is the code already in #myCode# and you just need to output it?

[Hulfy]

there are lines of code before and after the tags. I want to remove this and be left with what is between the tags.

thanks.

[Hulfy]

I guess I need some string replacement/search to search for the tags and then extract the code between them.

Thanks

[Guest]

So basically yes, you want to get what is between the tags then store it in your #myCode# variable.

and yes - string replacement...

you might be able to reaad the whole file into a variable, count the caharacters and find the <!--start--><!--end--> tags and replace everything else with nothing....  but that seems sloppy to me, there should be better ways

-sean

[BKBK]

If it's just text(and no code), then cfsavecontent might be what you need

<div class="leftCol">

<cfsavecontent variable="myCode">
blah blah blah
</cfsavecontent>
</div>