Re: Regular expressions

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Also, if you are looking for Regular Expression help check out:

RegEx Tutorial for VB:
http://juicystudio.com/tutorial/vb/regexp.asp

RegEx Library:
http://www.regexlib.com/

RegEx Module for VB:
http://www.aivosto.com/regexpr.html


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"Cloe" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
> Just learned something new today :)
> Thank you Rick
>
> Guy
>
>
> "Rick Rothstein" <rickNOSPAMnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:O2FSbYiSFHA.1096@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Can someone please show how to use Regular expressions to
> >> validate that the input string is composed only from a-z and 0-9 ?
> >
> > Are you using VB6 or lower? If so, you don't need to use Regular
> > Expressions... you can use the Like operator.
> >
> > If Not YourTextString Like "*[!a-z0-9]*" Then
> > '
> > ' Your text is composed only of
> > ' lower case letters and digits.
> > '
> > End If
> >
> > If you want upper case letters too, then change the IF statement to this
> >
> > If Not YourTextString Like "*[!a-zA-Z0-9]*" Then
> >
> > On the other hand, if you are using a version of VB.NET, then consider
> > this...
> >
> > Almost everybody in this newsgroup is using VB6 or lower. While you may
> > get a stray answer to VB.NET (including VB2003 and VB2005 which has
> > dropped .NET from its name) questions here, you should ask them in
> > newsgroups devoted exclusively to .NET programming. Look for newsgroups
> > with either the word "dotnet" or "vsnet" in their name.
> >
> > For the microsoft news server, try these newsgroups for Visual Basic
> > .NET related questions...
> >
> > microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb
> > microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.upgrade
> > microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.controls
> > microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.data
> >
> > And these for more general .NET questions
> >
> > microsoft.public.dotnet.general
> > microsoft.public.vsnet.general
> >
> > Note: There are many other .NET newgroups (use the first three "fields"
> > from the last two as templates when searching for them), but the above
> > ones should get you started.
> >
> > Rick - MVP
> >
>
>


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