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Description:
RE replace a list list of regular expression with a list of string.

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

Convert HTML to XML:
<cfsavecontent variable="thisComment">
<table border="0">
<tr height="17">
    <td width="68" height="17">RE Replace List</td>
    <td width="49">HTML to XML (part 1)</td>
</tr>
</table>
</cfsavecontent>

<cfscript>
thisComment = REReplaceList(thisComment, "<table[^>]*>,<tr[^>]*>,<td[^>]*>,</td>,</tr>,</table>", "<XmlRool>,<Row>,<Cell>,</Cell>,</Row>,</XmlRoot>");
</cfscript>
<cfoutput>#htmlCodeFormat(thisComment)#</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * RE replace a list list of regular expression with a list of string.
 * 
 * @param str      String to parse. (Required)
 * @param oldList      List of regular expressions. (Required)
 * @param newList      List of replacements. (Required)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Tuyen Tran (tuyen.k.tran@gmail.com) 
 * @version 1, May 17, 2007 
 */
function REReplaceList(str, oldList, newList) {
    var i = 1;
    for (i=1; i lte listLen(oldlist); i=i+1) {
        str = REReplace(str, listGetAt(oldList, i), listGetAt(newList, i), "all");
    }
    return str;
}