>>>>Would like to do a pattern Search in a String for a Date String. Would essentially be doing a search for a 99/99/2099 pattern (9 = Digit). >>>> >>>>How can this be accomplished in VFP? >>> >>>Regular expressions is you best bet in this case. You can use http://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/spsblog/2006/01/14/RegularExpressionsForVisualFoxProPart3.aspx or Message ID: 1409018 >> >>Thanks for your reply Sergey.. >> >>Have been looking into this. A good starting point is http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~RegExp~VFP >> >>Can you recommend any other References for RegExp called from Windows Script Host (VScript Object)? >> >>BTW, have noticed that the Positions returned by the First Index Property are 0 based and need to be adjusted for VFP. > >I like http://regexlib.com and http://www.regular-expressions.info/
