Appending digits to regex backreference strings

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OS: Windows 10
Java Version: 25.0.2
Tomcat Version: ???
Lucee Version: 5.2.6.60

Hello,
tmpfile looks like this…

"45482.470431";"Calculated engine load value";"49.80392156862745";"Percent";"27.5056933";"-81.0232583";
"45482.5710498";"Short term fuel Percent trim - Bank 1";"-2.34375";"Percent";"27.5056933";"-81.0232583";
"45482.6726597";"Long term fuel Percent trim - Bank 1";"4.6875";"Percent";"27.5056933";"-81.0232583";
"45482.844328";"Average fuel consumption";"27.30519254276154";"MPG";"27.5056933";"-81.0232583";

I have the following code in a template.

<cfset tmpfile=#ReReplace(tmpfile, '"(\d\d\d\d\d.)(\d\d\d\d)"', "\1\2 000", "ALL")#>
<cfset tmpfile=#ReReplace(tmpfile, '"(\d\d\d\d\d.)(\d\d\d\d\d)"', "\1\2 00", "ALL")#>
<cfset tmpfile=#ReReplace(tmpfile, '"(\d\d\d\d\d.)(\d\d\d\d\d\d)"', "\1\2 0", "ALL")#>

The beginning digits for each line are number of seconds since start. Some of these entries have 4,5 or 6 digits after the period mark. I need them padded with zeroes so that all of these entries are the same length for example 99999.9999999

After lengthy research and trial and error I cannot figure out how to do this without introducing a blank space between the second capture group and the zeroes that need to be append to the end of the string.

How would I do this?

Thanks for any assistance :slight_smile:

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Found the answer.

Adding \E after the last backrefere3nce group did the trick.

<cfset tmpfile=#ReReplace(tmpfile, '"(\d\d\d\d\d.)(\d\d\d\d)"', "\1\2\E000", "ALL")#>
<cfset tmpfile=#ReReplace(tmpfile, '"(\d\d\d\d\d.)(\d\d\d\d\d)"', "\1\2\E00", "ALL")#>
<cfset tmpfile=#ReReplace(tmpfile, '"(\d\d\d\d\d.)(\d\d\d\d\d\d)"', "\1\2\E0", "ALL")#>