How to do the pattern?

19 Mar 2006 10:38 AM

yxq

Hello,
I want to get the strings that match c*.txt ( * means asterisk wildcard)
from some strings below:

c1234.txt
1234.txt
a1234.exe
cqwer.txt
casd.txt

I want to use regular or function, do not want to use if....then...
How to do?

Thank you

19 Mar 2006 12:36 PM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"yxq" <ga***@163.net> schrieb:
> I want to get the strings that match c*.txt ( * means asterisk wildcard)
> from some strings below:
>
> c1234.txt
> 1234.txt
> a1234.exe
> cqwer.txt
> casd.txt
>
> I want to use regular or function, do not want to use if....then...

Check out the documentation of VB's 'Like' operator.

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19 Mar 2006 7:55 PM

Jeff Jarrell

"regular expressions" are another technique to be aware of. in this case
the regular expression is "^c".

Get this tool and play with it. It will even generate the code for doing
evaluating a regular expression for you.
http://www.sellsbrothers.com/tools/#regexd

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"yxq" <ga***@163.net> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I want to get the strings that match c*.txt ( * means asterisk wildcard)
> from some strings below:
>
> c1234.txt
> 1234.txt
> a1234.exe
> cqwer.txt
> casd.txt
>
> I want to use regular or function, do not want to use if....then...
> How to do?
>
> Thank you
>
>
>