Have you tried matching at the start of the string with caret [^]?
Have you tried to first just pulling out the text 'anything here'
from within the colon [:] boundary markers, before looking for
numeric strings?
have you considered doing your regex in the database (probably
faster), which might employ a non-DFA regex engine?
Bill
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On Feb 7, 2008, at 8:59 AM, Wolf, Gene wrote:
OK, I am pulling my hair out and I figure some of you have had
quite a bit more experience with this than I have. Here's what I'm
trying to get the regex expression in Witango to do:
I want to process all records with a memo field
containing :anything here:
Now, I'm selecting records and processing an array applying the
regex expression to the appropriate field. I'm using the following
command:
<@REGEX EXPR=":{1,}[.]+{1,}:{1,}" STR=.. (you get the idea)
This expression is accepting anything that has at least one : in
it. I really want the field selected if it two : in it. So for
example I do not want Title: but I do want :Title: I don't
want :important
But I do want :important:
What am I doing wrong in the above code?
Gene Wolf
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DRS Sensors & Targeting Systems-Optronics
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