Replace exact string only

I'm outputting text content to my page by querying our
database using a simple method, which works fine.
quote:
<cfoutput query="getPageContent" startrow="#vPageContent#"
maxrows="1">#vContent#</cfoutput>
I need to replace certain words to make them bold, for
example...
quote:
<cfset request.vContent = replace(request.vContent,
"phrase", "<B>phrase</B>, "ALL")>
This works, but there is a slight issue, because it will also
replace occurances of the word 'phrase' even if it is within
another word...
for example, co
phrasetastic
So i need to replace only the exact phrase when used on it's
own.
My problem appears quite simple, but I have not found a way
to do this...?

quote:
Originally posted by:
Newsgroup User
Sam_Ham wrote:
> <cfset request.vContent = replace(request.vContent,
"phrase", "
phrase,
> "ALL")>
note the spaces in the following:
<cfset request.vContent=replace(request.vContent," phrase
phrase
","ALL")>
or use regex via the reReplace method with something like the
"transition
boundary" escape sequence "\b" (check the syntax, doing this
from poor memory):
reReplace(vContent,"\bphrase\b","
phrase","ALL")
Thanks Paul... it works like a charm!

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Hi, Etbin,
Sorry, I can't figure out what you're asking.
Etbin wrote:
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[Forum FAQ] How to find and replace text strings in the shapes in Excel using Windows PowerShell

Windows PowerShell is a powerful command tool and we can use it for management and operations. In this article we introduce the detailed steps to use Windows PowerShell to find and replace test string in the
shapes in Excel Object.
Since the Excel.Application
is available for representing the entire Microsoft Excel application, we can invoke the relevant Properties and Methods to help us to
interact with Excel document.
The figure below is an excel file:
Figure 1.
You can use the PowerShell script below to list the text in the shapes and replace the text string to “text”:
$text = “text1”,”text2”,”text3”,”text3”
$Excel
= New-Object -ComObject Excel.Application
$Excel.visible = $true
$Workbook
= $Excel.workbooks.open("d:\shape.xlsx")
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$Worksheet
= $Workbook.Worksheets.Item("shapes")
#Open the worksheet named "shapes"
$shape = $Worksheet.Shapes
# Get all the shapes
$i=0
# This number is used to replace the text in sequence as the variable “$text”
Foreach ($sh in $shape){
$sh.TextFrame.Characters().text
# Get the textbox in the shape
$sh.TextFrame.Characters().text =
$text[$i++]
#Change the value of the textbox in the shape one by one
$WorkBook.Save()
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$WorkBook.Close()
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[void]$excel.quit()
#Quit Excel
Before invoking the methods and properties, we can use the cmdlet “Get-Member” to list the available methods.
Besides, we can also find the documents about these methods and properties in MSDN:
Workbook.Worksheets Property (Excel):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff835542(v=office.15).aspx
Worksheet.Shapes Property:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff821817(v=office.15).aspx
Shape.TextFrame Property:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff839162(v=office.15).aspx
TextFrame.Characters Method (Excel):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff195027(v=office.15).aspx
Characters.Text Property (Excel):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff838596(v=office.15).aspx
After running the script above, we can see the changes in the figure below:
Figure 2.
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At line:1 char:20
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Your syntax is not correct. Example:
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