GetFirstRegexMatch

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function GetFirstRegexMatch(sSource, sRegex) As String

 

Searches in sSource for the first occurrence of sRegex. sRegex is a Perl compatible Regular Expression.

 

GetFirstRegexMatch is case-insensitive. If sRegex is not found, GetFirstRegexMatch returns an empty string.

 

Parameters

 

•sSource ... String expression sought.
•sRegex ... Regular expression being searched.

 

Example:

Dim s, s2

 

s = "this is number 13 or a text"

s2 = GetFirstRegexMatch(s, "number \d+")

' returns s2 = "number 13"