Thanks, I'll give it a look.
>If you haven't already done so, download Expresso 3.0 - free RegEx tool - very cool
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http://www.ultrapico.com/Expresso.htm>
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>>I am using regular expressions to mask some data and I'm bout 95% there. I have one little issue though. I want to be able to mask the victim names in our reports. They are entered as "Vic: Lastname, Firstname". I would like to be able to identify this pattern, and only show the lastname. Anyone know how that might be done?
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>>TIA
John Harvey
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