yes it seems so: Month name in full, 1-2 digit day number, comma, four digit year

I get the content of the word doc into a memo field called cContent

and I will parse it as soon I find the date...
thanks

peter


>Hi,
>
>Are you sure the date is ALWAYS in that format (i.e. Month name in full, 1-2 digit day number, comma, four digit year ?
>
>If so the regex to identify the line with the date should be fairly simple - but then Tore's suggestion of pulling the rest via VFP probably makes sense.
>
>(Tore: any reason for suggesting a cursor over ALINES() ?)
>
>Best,
>Viv
>
>>July 12, 2007
>>
>>if i can find this I would be all set, because the name and address comes after it
>>
>>Peter
>>
>>>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...
>>>>
>>>>too bad
>>>>
>>>>Thanks anyway
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>peter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>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?