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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Title:
Re: Regular Expressions
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Vista
Network:
Windows 2008 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
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Thread ID:
01429937
Message ID:
01429947
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This message has been marked as the solution to the initial question of the thread.
Something like this? (Not very refined)
clear
TEXT TO lcList NOSHOW FLAGS 1 PRETEXT 1 + 2 + 4
	Vic: Lastname, Firstname
	Vic: abc, def
	Vic: xyz, wrt
	Vic: test, test
	Vic: somelastname, someFirstname
	Vic: hugo, victor
ENDTEXT

loRegEx			= Createobject('VBScript.RegExp')			&& Create a regular expression.
lcRetStr			= ''
with loRegEx as VBScript.RegExp
	.Pattern		= '(Vic: )(\w+, *)(\w+)'		&& Set pattern.
	.IgnoreCase		= .T.						&& Set case insensitivity.
	.Global			= .T.						&& Set global applicability.	   
	
	lcRetStr		= .Replace(lcList, '$2*****')
ENDWITH
	
? lcRetStr
"The five senses obstruct or deform the apprehension of reality."
Jorge L. Borges?

"Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming."
Donald Knuth, repeating C. A. R. Hoare

"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely"
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