>>>>>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/ > >Thanks Sergey..Both helpful!