quick question

[Troy]

Hello,

I'd like to validate an input my from user i.e. make sure that the user
enters the phone number is the following formats

(XXX) XXX-XXXX
XXX-XXX-XXXX

Any ideas on how I can achieve this with regular expressions? Having
difficulty wrapping my head around it.

thanks

[Doug Bell]

Troy,

When you check it, you look for the pattern so code to do the same thing.
Check length of strings
Then for each case check for the digits and characters in the right place.

Any error jump out to a handler.

Doug

"Troy" <ma****@pushit.com> wrote in message
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Hello,

I'd like to validate an input my from user i.e. make sure that the user
enters the phone number is the following formats

(XXX) XXX-XXXX
XXX-XXX-XXXX

Any ideas on how I can achieve this with regular expressions? Having
difficulty wrapping my head around it.

thanks

[Some Guy]

Quick answer.

Start with this. You should combine them into one.
^\(\d{3}\) \d{3}-\d{4}$-------(XXX) XXX-XXXX
^\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4}$--------- XXX-XXX-XXXX

"Troy" <ma****@pushit.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Hello,

I'd like to validate an input my from user i.e. make sure that the user
enters the phone number is the following formats

(XXX) XXX-XXXX
XXX-XXX-XXXX

Any ideas on how I can achieve this with regular expressions? Having
difficulty wrapping my head around it.

thanks

[Troy]

thanks for the quick answer but can I bother you to show me how to implement
your suggestion with system.text.regularexpression name space?

thanks

"Some Guy" <my*****@there.com> wrote in message
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Quick answer.

Start with this. You should combine them into one.
^\(\d{3}\) \d{3}-\d{4}$-------(XXX) XXX-XXXX
^\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4}$--------- XXX-XXX-XXXX

"Troy" <ma****@pushit.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Hello,

I'd like to validate an input my from user i.e. make sure that the user
enters the phone number is the following formats

(XXX) XXX-XXXX
XXX-XXX-XXXX

Any ideas on how I can achieve this with regular expressions? Having
difficulty wrapping my head around it.

thanks

[Some Guy]

dim pattern as String =" ^\(\d{3}\) \d{3}-\d{4}$"
dim pattern2 as String="^\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4}$"

If Regex.IsMatch(yourString, pattern) orelse Regex.IsMatch(yourString,
pattern2) then
'-- Match made. Do whaterver
End If

"Troy" <ma****@pushit.com> wrote in message
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thanks for the quick answer but can I bother you to show me how to
implement your suggestion with system.text.regularexpression name space?

thanks

"Some Guy" <my*****@there.com> wrote in message
news:11*************@corp.supernews.com...

Quick answer.

Start with this. You should combine them into one.
^\(\d{3}\) \d{3}-\d{4}$-------(XXX) XXX-XXXX
^\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4}$--------- XXX-XXX-XXXX

"Troy" <ma****@pushit.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Hello,

I'd like to validate an input my from user i.e. make sure that the user
enters the phone number is the following formats

(XXX) XXX-XXXX
XXX-XXX-XXXX

Any ideas on how I can achieve this with regular expressions? Having
difficulty wrapping my head around it.

thanks

[Troy]

you rock man... thanks

"Some Guy" <my*****@there.com> wrote in message
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dim pattern as String =" ^\(\d{3}\) \d{3}-\d{4}$"
dim pattern2 as String="^\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4}$"

If Regex.IsMatch(yourString, pattern) orelse Regex.IsMatch(yourString,
pattern2) then
'-- Match made. Do whaterver
End If

"Troy" <ma****@pushit.com> wrote in message
news:eH*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

thanks for the quick answer but can I bother you to show me how to
implement your suggestion with system.text.regularexpression name space?

thanks

"Some Guy" <my*****@there.com> wrote in message
news:11*************@corp.supernews.com...

Quick answer.

Start with this. You should combine them into one.
^\(\d{3}\) \d{3}-\d{4}$-------(XXX) XXX-XXXX
^\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4}$--------- XXX-XXX-XXXX

"Troy" <ma****@pushit.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
Hello,

I'd like to validate an input my from user i.e. make sure that the user
enters the phone number is the following formats

(XXX) XXX-XXXX
XXX-XXX-XXXX

Any ideas on how I can achieve this with regular expressions? Having
difficulty wrapping my head around it.

thanks