Please help me identify the proper pattern to parse a path such that i
capture all the defined directories and file title. I would like to avoid the
slashes and the dot from being recorded.

Per se I have the path:
c:\data\pictures\instru.bmp

I would like the RegExp to return 4 items: c:,data,pictures,instru.
As a starting point I tried:(?:[\\])(^[\\])

This returns nothing. Can you please help me fix this? Also, please advise
how do I work the period into the pattern?

Thank you very much for your help.

I figured it out. The required pattern is [^\\\.]*

"bv003" wrote:

Please help me identify the proper pattern to parse a path such that i
capture all the defined directories and file title. I would like to avoid the
slashes and the dot from being recorded.

Per se I have the path:
c:\data\pictures\instru.bmp

I would like the RegExp to return 4 items: c:,data,pictures,instru.
As a starting point I tried:(?:[\\])(^[\\])

This returns nothing. Can you please help me fix this? Also, please advise
how do I work the period into the pattern?

Thank you very much for your help.

Just to mention an alternative approach:

Sub Demo()
Dim s As String
Dim v As Variant

s = "c:\data\pictures\instru.bmp"
v = Split(s, "\")
End Sub

Once split, you may want to adjust the file name also.
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HTH :)
Dana DeLouis
Windows XP & Office 2003


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I figured it out. The required pattern is [^\\\.]*

"bv003" wrote:

Please help me identify the proper pattern to parse a path such that i
capture all the defined directories and file title. I would like to avoid
the
slashes and the dot from being recorded.

Per se I have the path:
c:\data\pictures\instru.bmp

I would like the RegExp to return 4 items: c:,data,pictures,instru.
As a starting point I tried:(?:[\\])(^[\\])

This returns nothing. Can you please help me fix this? Also, please
advise
how do I work the period into the pattern?

Thank you very much for your help.

Personally, I like using the Split function for this (I haven't played
with Regular Expressions much ;-)

For example, ...

sPath = "c:\data\pictures\instru.bmp"
aPath = split(sPath, "\")
wsh.echo join(aPath, ", ")

The array will then have the four pieces as the elements of the array.

Tom Lavedas
============
http://members.cox.net/tglbatch/wsh

bv003 wrote:
Please help me identify the proper pattern to parse a path such that i
capture all the defined directories and file title. I would like to avoid the
slashes and the dot from being recorded.

Per se I have the path:
c:\data\pictures\instru.bmp

I would like the RegExp to return 4 items: c:,data,pictures,instru.
As a starting point I tried:(?:[\\])(^[\\])

This returns nothing. Can you please help me fix this? Also, please advise
how do I work the period into the pattern?

Thank you very much for your help.

On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:22:02 -0800, bv003
wrote:

I figured it out. The required pattern is [^\\\.]*

I think you probably want:

[^\\.]+

Within a character class, you don't need to escape the dot

Also, with the * qualifier, you'll be matching some zero length strings --
probably not what you want.

Finally, you indicated that you did NOT want to return the final suffix. So
this might work IF the file name ends at the end of a line:

[^\\.]+(?![^\\.]*$)


--ron

In message . com, Tue,
31 Oct 2006 14:05:28, Tom Lavedas writes

Personally, I like using the Split function for this (I haven't played
with Regular Expressions much

Then you should.

It is impossible to advise correctly and justifiably on the proper
coding of string manipulations without an adequate understanding of the
use of RegExps (assuming that they exist in the language in question and
that a known non-trivial subset is correctly implemented).

And, if you are an active coder of such things on your own behalf, and
are not reasonably acquainted with RegExps, the time wasted will include
your own.



But in this case, if VBS RE's match Javascript ones, the OP may consider
and translate
F.X0.value.split(".")[0].split("\\")
which gives the right result for the OP's string in control F.X0.

It's a good idea to read the newsgroup and its FAQ. See below.

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