[thelist] [ColdFusion] More RegEx Fun

kae,

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> From: Kae Verens
>
> >><input type="submit" value="Continue >>>">
>
> The above is not valid HTML, so shouldn't be put through
>the regexp. Replace the above with:
> <input type="submit" value="Continue &gt;&gt;&gt;">
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you know, i used to think so too.  but, i couldn't find anything in the spec
that said i couldn't use angle brackets in the value attribute (or any
attribute of any tag for that matter).  just to prove my point, check this
out:

http://members.evolt.org/jeff/code/input_value.cfm?sub=1

watch wrap or follow this tiny url (http://tinyurl.com/6glh):
<http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmembers.evolt.org%2Fjeff%2Fc
ode%2Finput_value.cfm%3Fsub%3D1&doctype=%28detect+automatically%29&charset=%
28detect+automatically%29&ss=1&outline=1&sp=1>

.jeff

http://evolt.org/
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