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Finding a string value with a wildcard
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12/12/2008 14:57:00
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 8 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows 2003 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Application:
Desktop
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01367045
Message ID:
01367050
Views:
12
>Hello all,
>
>I am using the ATC() function to locate a substring within a memo field. I will find the string I am looking for and determine the starting position and length of the substring to return the needed substring. This was working because I assumed a certain character would never be used in the memo field and this character is now being used. Now I want to search for that string with only numeric values following it. For example, I want to extract a price from a memo field that has and '@' sign followed by a space and then some numeric value.
>
>Can I use the ATC() function to search for a string with a wildcard for numerics, and if so what is the wildcard? Or is there another function I can use to do this?
>
>TIA

You could write your own ('wildcard') search calling ATC() for each '@' occurence and then checking subsequent characters.
Anyway, given time-consuming constraints, if any exist, I would consider changing the way you store data. It might be reasonable to keep price in separate field instead of memo.
Edward Pikman
Independent Consultant
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