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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	First, the code:[code]/* Ok, I'm using prototypejs, so $(el) is a reference to a textarea, and $F(el) is the value of that textarea / var old_vin = get_text(vn.getElementsByTagName('old').item(0)); var new_vin = get_text(vn.getElementsByTagName('new').item(0)); $(el).value = $F(el).replace(old_vin, new_vin); var vin_only = new RegExp("^[\s]"+new_vin+"[\s]$", 'm'); console.log(vin_only); console.log('Only VIN('+new_vin+') on line: ', $F(el).match(vin_only)); $(el).value = $F(el).replace(vin_only, 'test');[/code] My problem is that whatever new_vin is, the regex will match it on a line by itself, but NOT if there is a space before or after it. shouldn't the [\s] allow the spaces? [small](Edited by [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/user/6549]aaroncampbell[/url] on 06-29-2007 02:24)[/small] Loading...
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