Why vbscript examples do not work?
The function below works as intended.
However, I get a syntax error when I try to replace "Set re = CreateObject..." with Set re = New regexp and when I try to eschew the Set statement altogether and replace "Dim re" with Dim re as New regexp The syntax error is "user-defined type not define". Both erroneous forms appear in the examples at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms974570.aspx . Why don't the examples? I suspect I need to attach a reference (Tools References). If so, which reference? Alternatively, are the examples written for an incompatible revision of Excel/VB? If so, which one? I am using Excel 2003 with VB 6.3 as part of Office 2003 and Win XP SP3. Is the function, as written below, compatible with the VB with Excel 2007? The function.... Function extractNumber(s As String, n As Integer) Dim re, nums extractNumber = "" Set re = CreateObject("vbscript.regexp") re.Global = True re.Pattern = "\d+" Set nums = re.Execute(s) If nums.Count = n Then extractNumber = --nums.Item(n - 1) End Function |
Why vbscript examples do not work?
If using VB Script regular expressions, you need to add a reference as follows:
Tools References Microsoft VB Script Regular Expressions |
Why vbscript examples do not work?
"arjen van..." wrote:
If using VB Script regular expressions, you need to add a reference as follows: Tools References Microsoft VB Script Regular Expressions Klunk! I went looking for exactly that, but overlooked it ... until you mentioned it. Thanks. And now I do see this statement on the web page http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms974570.aspx : "To run this code, you can [...] copy it to VB (need to add references to Microsoft VBScript Regular Expressions)". Double klunk! |
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