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Hi Folks,

I have little knowledge of regular expressions but I am trying to
extract the string "TEST4444" - or whatever name the order might have
- from the following string "Order TEST4444 is not valid."

I am definitely going to have to take the time to learn all about
patterns but for the time being could someone please help me work out
how to do this in VB.NET.

Thank you!

David
Nov 20 '05 #1
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Dim str As String = "TEST4444"

Dim order As String = str.Substring(4 )

MessageBox.Show (order)



"David Brower" <da*********@ho tmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi Folks,

I have little knowledge of regular expressions but I am trying to
extract the string "TEST4444" - or whatever name the order might have
- from the following string "Order TEST4444 is not valid."

I am definitely going to have to take the time to learn all about
patterns but for the time being could someone please help me work out
how to do this in VB.NET.

Thank you!

David

Nov 20 '05 #2
You could try this:

(?<=Order )\w+(?= is not valid)

It will pick up the word that is between "Order " and " is not valid". The
word may contain letters, numbers, or the "_" character. If your order name
can contain other characters and/or white space, you may want to try:

(?<=Order ).+?(?= is not valid)
Brian Davis
www.knowdotnet.com
"David Brower" <da*********@ho tmail.com> wrote in message
news:af******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com...
Hi Folks,

I have little knowledge of regular expressions but I am trying to
extract the string "TEST4444" - or whatever name the order might have
- from the following string "Order TEST4444 is not valid."

I am definitely going to have to take the time to learn all about
patterns but for the time being could someone please help me work out
how to do this in VB.NET.

Thank you!

David

Nov 20 '05 #3
Sorry, I thought you may have wanted just a solution to extract the order
number. If this is inappropriate then please ignore it.

Regards

"One Handed Man [ OHM ]" <te************ *************** @BTOpenworld.co m>
wrote in message news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP10.phx.gbl. ..
Dim str As String = "TEST4444"

Dim order As String = str.Substring(4 )

MessageBox.Show (order)



"David Brower" <da*********@ho tmail.com> wrote in message
news:af******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com...
Hi Folks,

I have little knowledge of regular expressions but I am trying to
extract the string "TEST4444" - or whatever name the order might have
- from the following string "Order TEST4444 is not valid."

I am definitely going to have to take the time to learn all about
patterns but for the time being could someone please help me work out
how to do this in VB.NET.

Thank you!

David


Nov 20 '05 #4
That's great, Brian. Exactly what I needed.
Thank you both,
David
Nov 20 '05 #5

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