>not sure if this is possible, but i have a number of addresses from outlook that i'm trying to convert to foxpro. the hard part is parsing the memo into usable fields.
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>i've done line 1 of the memo (pretty easy) but want to search the memo for the postal code pattern. That pattern is "X9X 9X9". is there a way to search for a character pattern (ie letter, then number, then letter, space, etc.) within a memo?

If you're reading addresses from Outlook, you can pull the individual pieces rather than the whole address. There are properties for city, state, postcode, etc. for each address.

Tamar