I've got a function I've been using for years that strips out certain combinations of characters - one STRTRAN at a time. As I came up with more combinations, I added another STRTRAN. It works. It performs decently. I recently figured out the regex (using RegexBuddy to help me along the way) and replaced 20+ lines of code with a single regex call using Craig Boyd's FLL. With a large enough dataset, it's significantly faster. So depending on the kind of processing you need to do, it may be worthwhile to bite the bullet and figure out the right regex.
Peter Cushing wrote: > Hi Paul, > > Think I'd rather do that as a UDF, then it is fairly easy to change > along with requirements. Don't think it would take much code either. > -- Richard Kaye Vice President Artfact/RFC Systems Voice: 617.219.1038 Fax: 617.219.1001 For the fastest response time, please send your support queries to: Technical Support - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australian Support - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet Support - [EMAIL PROTECTED] All Other Requests - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- This message has been checked for viruses before sending. --------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
