[thelist] calling all regex studs
.jeff
jeff at members.evolt.org
Wed Aug 22 20:42:04 CDT 2001
rory,
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> From: Rory.Plaire at wahchang.com
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> REReplaceNoCase(mask, ',?[ ]*[y*]', '','ALL')
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yup, worked a treat. that was close to what i tried that didn't work
REReplaceNoCase(mask, '[,| ][y*]', '','ALL')
that's obviously not quite what i needed.
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> For the second comma, the one before the year that you
> _want_ in there, would DataFormat put it back in for
> you?
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yes, because i'm using the mask unaltered except for the month portion which
i'm stripping (which sits before the day).
thanks again,
.jeff
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