Regular Expressions Pattern Question

[David Brower]

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

[One Handed Man [ OHM ]]

Dim str As String = "TEST4444"

Dim order As String = str.Substring(4)

MessageBox.Show(order)



"David Brower" <da*********@hotmail.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

[Brian Davis]

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*********@hotmail.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

[One Handed Man [ OHM ]]

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

Regards

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Dim str As String = "TEST4444"

Dim order As String = str.Substring(4)

MessageBox.Show(order)



"David Brower" <da*********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:af**************************@posting.google.c om...

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

[David Brower]

That's great, Brian. Exactly what I needed.
Thank you both,
David