Re: Regular Expression Help

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From: Sandor Pakh (sandor_at_us-installations.com)
Date: 10/15/04 

Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:47:16 -0400

oooo, that sounds like a great idea.
maybe you should write one of those :)
jk
-sandor

"Chris Dunaway" <"dunawayc[[at]_lunchmeat_sbcglobal[dot]]net"> wrote in
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| I need to find all occurrences of a comma in a string EXCEPT where it
| occurs between quotation marks.
|
| For Example:
|
| Field1,Field2,Field3,Fiel4,"Lastname, Firstname",Field5, Field6
|
| So I need to find the indexes of the commas except for the one that
| separates the last and first name.
|
| I figured a regular expression would be the way to go, but I cannot seem
to
| figure it out.
|
| Does anyone know of any programs that help you build regular expressions?
| Kind of like the wizard that helps you build a connection string? I know
| of various RegEx test programs, but I would like one to help me construct
| one. I evision a utility that could let me select options using a english
| like language, but then builds the regex behind the scenes
|
| Thanks for the help
|
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| Chris
|
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|
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