Hi,

Not neccessarily impossible - though likely not to be easy.

Are all the dates in the same format (or at least in a limited number of variations) ?
Is there always an address prior to the date?

It might be possible to catch to majority.
Regards,
Viv

>I guess it is not possible :-(
>I need to display it then and have the user highlight the name first and the address second...
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>too bad
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>Thanks anyway
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>peter
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>>>>>I need to get names and addresses out of hundreds of letters into a table
>>>>>
>>>>>I have a routine which steps through the directory oipens each letter gets the content
>>>>>and now what?
>>>>>
>>>>>name and address i not always in the same spot
>>>>>
>>>>>can I get
>>>>>a the date with a regular wexpression
>>>>>and the name and address with a regular expression?
>>>>>
>>>>>thnks
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Peter
>>>>
>>>>How you recognize which is address and which is name?
>>>Also it would be nice to get the date
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>>Date?
>>What date?
>>
>>BTW I don't thing it is possible with RegExpression, just because I can't find a way to separate two strings. there is no pattern for them.
>>That is only mine opinion, no need to be true :-)
>>BTW how you separate blocks?