Hi,

I am trying to find a way of using the RegExp constructor in order to look for various strings within one string and then replace them with html strings, so I can pass the newly constructed string into an innerHTML routine. The strings are ":\)", ":\(", ":D" and ":s". Anyone any clue how to do this? Would it be a loop? Each string needs a different HTML string.

Help much appreciated
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The name specified is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

I'm not sure I fully understand but with a regular expression you can use the pipe symbol as "or":
matches "a" or "b".

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

Ok,

I have a textarea in which a user will type various things. Take the following string:

I am posting a smile :). I am posting a grin :D. I am posting a sad face :(.

Where each of the smilie symbols appear I want to replace them with individual html strings. If its a ":)" then I replce it with <img src =\"smile.gif\">, or if its a ":D", then I replace it with <img src =\"grin.gif\">. I have no problem with the replace method, but I am trying to figure out what to do when there are multiple different smilies. Would I need to have multiple functions looking at the same textarea?