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Re: How to economically(!) remove a range of unknown(!) characters from a string

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"Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> wrote on 05 Jan 2017 in 
microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript:

> "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> wrote on 05 Jan 2017 in 
> microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript:
> 
>>> you could try to learn by experiment and
>>> reading the specs.
>> 
>> :-)   There is an end to my ability to absorb stuff.   And it looks like
>> that RegExp simply isn't sticking to my wetware.  And believe me, I've
>> tried.
>> 
>> I've got several programs that use it, including PHP. 
> 
> [in PHP a programme?]

[is PHP a programme?]

;-(

> 
>> I can create
>> expressions all I want, but quite often the result surprises me.
> 
> I will pretend you asked for help here:
> 
> I wrote:
>> Set myRegExp = New RegExp
>> myRegExp.Pattern = "^(.{" & RangeBegin & "}).{" & Range & "}"
>> sText = myRegExp.replace(sText,"$1")
>> response.write sText
> 
> Now:
> 
> "^(.{6}).{2}"
> 
> means:
> 
> ^ start matching at the beginning of the string
> . match any single character
> .{6} match group of 6 of any single character
> (.{6}) remember this group for pasting as $1
> .{2} match group of 2 of any single character
> 
> .replace(sText,"$1")
> 
> will do:
> 
> replace the first 8 characters [the "match"]
> with the first 6 remembered.
> 
> so if
> sText = "12345678"
> the returned string wil be:
> "123478"

Sorry, my mistake:

so if
sText = "12345678ABC"
the returned string wil be:
"123456ABC"

> 
> ====================
> 
> "^(.{6}).{2}"
> 
> could also be written as:
> 
> "^(......).."
> 
> but then it would be [more] difficult 
> to insert the numbers 6 and 2 dynamicly
> as I did here:
> 
> "^(.{" & RangeBegin & "}).{" & Range & "}"
> 
> ==============
> 
> 



-- 
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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