regular expression pattern needed

[Craig Buchanan]

I need to strip the ()- and spaces from a telephone number. What is the
regular express pattern for this? "\(\)-"?

thanks

[Brian Davis]

Try this:

PhoneNumber = Regex.Replace(PhoneNumber, "[()-]","")

Brian Davis
www.knowdotnet.com
"Craig Buchanan" <so*****@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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I need to strip the ()- and spaces from a telephone number. What is the
regular express pattern for this? "\(\)-"?

thanks

[Craig Buchanan]

that works. this too:

'strip anything that isn't a number
PhoneNumber = Regex.Replace(PhoneNumber, "[^0-9]","")

"Brian Davis" <@> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Try this:

PhoneNumber = Regex.Replace(PhoneNumber, "[()-]","")

Brian Davis
www.knowdotnet.com
"Craig Buchanan" <so*****@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:OV**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I need to strip the ()- and spaces from a telephone number. What is the
regular express pattern for this? "\(\)-"?

thanks

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Craig,
Which can be shorted to:

'strip anything that isn't a number
PhoneNumber = Regex.Replace(PhoneNumber, "\D","")
However, yours & mine will clobber phone numbers that are words:

1-800-FOR-HELP

Hope this helps
Jay

"Craig Buchanan" <so*****@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... that works. this too:

'strip anything that isn't a number
PhoneNumber = Regex.Replace(PhoneNumber, "[^0-9]","")

"Brian Davis" <@> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Try this:

PhoneNumber = Regex.Replace(PhoneNumber, "[()-]","")

Brian Davis
www.knowdotnet.com
"Craig Buchanan" <so*****@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:OV**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I need to strip the ()- and spaces from a telephone number. What is the regular express pattern for this? "\(\)-"?

thanks

[Craig Buchanan]

Jay-

What does the \D mean?

Thanks,

Craig

"Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" <Ja************@msn.com> wrote in message
news:uc**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Craig,
Which can be shorted to:

'strip anything that isn't a number
PhoneNumber = Regex.Replace(PhoneNumber, "\D","")

However, yours & mine will clobber phone numbers that are words:

1-800-FOR-HELP

Hope this helps
Jay

"Craig Buchanan" <so*****@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

that works. this too:

'strip anything that isn't a number
PhoneNumber = Regex.Replace(PhoneNumber, "[^0-9]","")

"Brian Davis" <@> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Try this:

PhoneNumber = Regex.Replace(PhoneNumber, "[()-]","")

Brian Davis
www.knowdotnet.com
"Craig Buchanan" <so*****@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:OV**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I need to strip the ()- and spaces from a telephone number. What is the > regular express pattern for this? "\(\)-"?
>
> thanks
>
>

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Craig,

What does the \D mean? "\D" effectively means "[^0-9]"

Per:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...terClasses.asp

\D : Matches any nondigit. Equivalent to \P{Nd} for Unicode and [^0-9] for
non-Unicode, ECMAScript behavior.

Most of the time I prefer the character codes \d over [0-9] or \D over
[^0-9] as they are more internationalized (they will work for any Unicode
numeric value, not just the ANSI 0 to 9 characters. Also they tend to be
shorter ;-)

Hope this helps
Jay

"Craig Buchanan" <so*****@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:Oc**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... Jay-

What does the \D mean?

Thanks,

Craig

"Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" <Ja************@msn.com> wrote in message
news:uc**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Craig,
Which can be shorted to:

'strip anything that isn't a number
PhoneNumber = Regex.Replace(PhoneNumber, "\D","")

However, yours & mine will clobber phone numbers that are words:

1-800-FOR-HELP

Hope this helps
Jay

"Craig Buchanan" <so*****@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

that works. this too:

'strip anything that isn't a number
PhoneNumber = Regex.Replace(PhoneNumber, "[^0-9]","")

"Brian Davis" <@> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>
> Try this:
>
> PhoneNumber = Regex.Replace(PhoneNumber, "[()-]","")
>
> Brian Davis
> www.knowdotnet.com
>
>
> "Craig Buchanan" <so*****@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> news:OV**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > I need to strip the ()- and spaces from a telephone number. What

is the

> > regular express pattern for this? "\(\)-"?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
>
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