Wild card sarch in VB/VB.net

[Balaji]

Hi,
Could u please let me know how I can do wildcard search in VB.
Examples:
Source string : "Microsoft Dotnet"
Wildcard string M*Dot*
Result should be Microsoft Dotnet

If
Wildcard string is M*Dot
Result should be "Match not found"
If
Wildcard string is M?c*Dot
Result should be Microsoft Dotnet

Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Balaji

[Cor Ligthert]

Hi Balaji,

What you ask is the regulair expression those are made for questions as
yours, have a look at Regex class

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp

I hope this helps,

Cor

Hi,
Could u please let me know how I can do wildcard search in VB.
Examples:
Source string : "Microsoft Dotnet"
Wildcard string M*Dot*
Result should be Microsoft Dotnet

If
Wildcard string is M*Dot
Result should be "Match not found"
If
Wildcard string is M?c*Dot
Result should be Microsoft Dotnet

Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Balaji

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

In addition to Cor's comments you can use like to compare strings

Dim strTest As String = "Microsoft Dotnet"

If strTest Like "M*Dot*" Then MessageBox.Show("Wildcard match")

Ken

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Hi,
Could u please let me know how I can do wildcard search in VB.
Examples:
Source string : "Microsoft Dotnet"
Wildcard string M*Dot*
Result should be Microsoft Dotnet

If
Wildcard string is M*Dot
Result should be "Match not found"
If
Wildcard string is M?c*Dot
Result should be Microsoft Dotnet

Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Balaji

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Ken Tucker [MVP]" <vb***@bellsouth.net> scripsit:

In addition to Cor's comments you can use like to compare strings

Dim strTest As String = "Microsoft Dotnet"

If strTest Like "M*Dot*" Then MessageBox.Show("Wildcard match")

Full ACK, but don't forget that 'Like' is still buggy in some
situations.

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
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