"Jared Parsons" <jared***@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:61f143b1a688c868baea630a33@msnews.microsoft.com...
> Hello Smokey,
>
>> I am writing a messaging app (email like) and want to check if a
>> message has a RE: or FWD: already and if so put a RE[1]: or FWD[1]:
>> type of prefix on it that increments automatically on each reply to
>> one that has that message already in it... so the sequence would be
>> like this
>>
>> Original Message
>> RE: Original Message
>> RE[1]: Original Message
>> RE[2]: Original Message
>> ..... and so on... is there any easy way to do this with a regex or
>> anyone
>> that has done this before that knows how to? thanks!
>
> Try the following regex
>
>  "^RE(\[(?<value>\d+)\])?:.*"
>
> This will match all of the strings you specified.  If the Match object
> contains a Group called "value", it will contain the number inside the
> []'s.  Example
>
>  Dim match As Match = Regex.Match(line, "^RE(\[(?<value>\d+)\])?:.*")
>  If match.Success Then
>    ' It's a RE: line if match.Groups.Contains("value") Then
>     ' It has a [] Dim value As Integer = CInt(match.Groups("value").Value)
>
>
> --
> Jared Parsons [MSFT]
> jared***@online.microsoft.com
>
>

> Thanks a lot!... I realy need to get regex's memorized so I can
> actually understand them better...
>
> "Jared Parsons" <jared***@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:61f143b1a688c868baea630a33@msnews.microsoft.com...
>
>> Hello Smokey,
>>
>>> I am writing a messaging app (email like) and want to check if a
>>> message has a RE: or FWD: already and if so put a RE[1]: or FWD[1]:
>>> type of prefix on it that increments automatically on each reply to
>>> one that has that message already in it... so the sequence would be
>>> like this
>>>
>>> Original Message
>>> RE: Original Message
>>> RE[1]: Original Message
>>> RE[2]: Original Message
>>> ..... and so on... is there any easy way to do this with a regex or
>>> anyone
>>> that has done this before that knows how to? thanks!
>> Try the following regex
>>
>> "^RE(\[(?<value>\d+)\])?:.*"
>>
>> This will match all of the strings you specified.  If the Match
>> object contains a Group called "value", it will contain the number
>> inside the []'s.  Example
>>
>> Dim match As Match = Regex.Match(line, "^RE(\[(?<value>\d+)\])?:.*")
>> If match.Success Then
>> ' It's a RE: line if match.Groups.Contains("value") Then
>> ' It has a [] Dim value As Integer =
>> CInt(match.Groups("value").Value)
>> --
>> Jared Parsons [MSFT]
>> jared***@online.microsoft.com

"GhostInAK" <ghosti***@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:be1391bfc5da8c868d43ed7a4a7@news.microsoft.com...
> Hello Smokey,
>
> Try Expresso from http://www.ultrapico.com/
>
> -Boo
>
>> Thanks a lot!... I realy need to get regex's memorized so I can
>> actually understand them better...
>>
>> "Jared Parsons" <jared***@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:61f143b1a688c868baea630a33@msnews.microsoft.com...
>>
>>> Hello Smokey,
>>>
>>>> I am writing a messaging app (email like) and want to check if a
>>>> message has a RE: or FWD: already and if so put a RE[1]: or FWD[1]:
>>>> type of prefix on it that increments automatically on each reply to
>>>> one that has that message already in it... so the sequence would be
>>>> like this
>>>>
>>>> Original Message
>>>> RE: Original Message
>>>> RE[1]: Original Message
>>>> RE[2]: Original Message
>>>> ..... and so on... is there any easy way to do this with a regex or
>>>> anyone
>>>> that has done this before that knows how to? thanks!
>>> Try the following regex
>>>
>>> "^RE(\[(?<value>\d+)\])?:.*"
>>>
>>> This will match all of the strings you specified.  If the Match
>>> object contains a Group called "value", it will contain the number
>>> inside the []'s.  Example
>>>
>>> Dim match As Match = Regex.Match(line, "^RE(\[(?<value>\d+)\])?:.*")
>>> If match.Success Then
>>> ' It's a RE: line if match.Groups.Contains("value") Then
>>> ' It has a [] Dim value As Integer =
>>> CInt(match.Groups("value").Value)
>>> --
>>> Jared Parsons [MSFT]
>>> jared***@online.microsoft.com
>
>