Re: extract UNC path using regular expression

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From: ksr (k_srirama_at_nospam.hotmail.com)
Date: 07/27/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:13:50 -0700

Thnaks for the reply. This is what the requirement is.. There is a multiline
textbox and users can enter some text and UNC path. If there is space
between the words inside path then the path will be enclosed in <path goes
here> . I am new to regular expressions and looking for some help in this
regard.

Hope this clears the logic part of it. Please help me with this

Appreciate your help

TIA

"Jouni Heikniemi" <jouni-news@heikniemi.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9532EA397F489jouninews2heikniemin@127.0.0.1...
> "ksr" <k_srirama@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in news:OV94Tn0cEHA.556
> @tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl:
>
> > I am looking for a regular expression that would extract UNC paths from
a
> > given string and place that inside a href.
> > Currently the expression fails if there is a space in the path..
> > eg. \\server\my doc.doc
> > is there a regular expression to do this?
>
> Regexps are not magic. If you have a string like "Jake, read the docs in
> \\server1\code documentation\coolproject for windows and its
> subdirectories", it's impossible to make a reasonable guess on where the
> UNC path might end.
>
> So, if you can come up with the logic first, then you can ask for a regexp
> representation.
>
>
> --
> Jouni Heikniemi, jouni-news@heikniemi.net
> http://www.heikniemi.net/hc/ (blog)

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