Replace beginning date value on update of form 1

[toyt78]

I have a field value update information box where it sometimes looks like this:

(08/12/05) stuff here etc...

Date will always be in the dd/mm/yy format.

I need to create a condition to check if the date is the first part of the value and replace or reg expression to eliminate the date part each time someone updates this information so it look like this if they add information to the field value:

stuff here etc...MY ADDITION HERE

Here is my attempt that is not working:

<--- Check if date format (mm/dd/yy) is beginning part of form value , if it is then eliminate it  --->
<cfif REFind("^\(\d{2}/\d{2}/\d{2}\)", myField) is 0>
     <REReplaceNoCase(form.myfield,"^\(d{2}/\d{2}/\d{2}\)">
</cfif>

 

[TruthInSatire]

A few problems:

1)

<cfif REFind("^\(\d{2}/\d{2}/\d{2}\)", myField) is 0>

is 0 means not found

2)

<REReplaceNoCase(form.myfield,"^\(d{2}/\d{2}/\d{2}\)">

doesn't do anything. you have to set the new value to something.
3) Your replace regex was different from the find regex, they should be the same...

<cfset mystring = "(08/25/05) this is a comment">
<!--- Check if date format (mm/dd/yy) is beginning part of form value, if it is then eliminate it  --->
<cfset place = REFind("^\(\d{2}/\d{2}/\d{2}\)", mystring)>
<cfif REFind("^\(\d{2}/\d{2}/\d{2}\)", mystring) gt 0>
     <cfset myString = REReplaceNoCase(mystring,"^\(\d{2}/\d{2}/\d{2}\)","")>                               	
</cfif>
<cfoutput>#place#<br>#myString#</cfoutput>

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[toyt78]

Thanks!