Re: regex result question

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I oversimplified. The original pattern string has month names and
abbreviations. It did capture the date string

my actual code fragment for the pattern is like the attached txt file
(unwieldy). I did tried to make it more readable with creating the
subparts first then joining them together. I suppose I could have gone a
step further on that day and month subcomponents but I use the existing 5
format items as they have been previously used to captured for what I wanted
although not foolproof.

"dfoster" <dfoster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:slrndhmc1p.fm9.dfoster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On 2005-09-04, gs <gs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> is it OK to get regex result of pattern which has duplicate reference
>> names
>
> Yes...
>
>> like
>> StrDatePattern As String
>>="\b(((?<year>\d{4})-(?<month>\d{1,2})-(?<day>\d{2}))|{(?<month>\d{1,2})
>> (?<day>\d{2}), (?<year>\d{4})))"?
>
> That doesn't compile. What's the '{' character right after the pipe
> supposed to do? Regexes get so dense that it's important to copy and
> paste the pattern into your post rather than retype it. The smallest
> mistake can make your question impossible to answer.
>
> It seems that you want a '(' rather than a '{' there, but that means
> you're trying match strings like "12 23, 2005". That's possible, but it
> seems like a strange date format.
>
>
>> my code segment
>>
> ...
>
>> Dim m as match = r.Match(myStringHoldingDateInfo)
>
> The obvious question here is what is the input string you're trying to
> match. Without that information, it's hard to know what the problem
> is.
>
>


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