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 =====Remarks===== =====Remarks=====
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 +EasyMorph uses the [[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/regular-expression-language-quick-reference|.NET regex language]].
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 While most "find" and "replace" functions can use wildcard characters to allow for a //single values// (?) or //any number of values// (*), they can't differentiate letters, numbers, spaces and symbols like RegEx can.  Use RegEx when not only the //number// of characters is important, but also the //types// of characters.\\ While most "find" and "replace" functions can use wildcard characters to allow for a //single values// (?) or //any number of values// (*), they can't differentiate letters, numbers, spaces and symbols like RegEx can.  Use RegEx when not only the //number// of characters is important, but also the //types// of characters.\\
  
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 =====Examples===== =====Examples=====
-**Objective:** Find phone numbers that match pattern ''(XXX)XXX-XXXX'' where X is any number.+**Example:** Find phone numbers that match pattern ''(XXX)XXX-XXXX'' where X is any number.
  
 **Source table:** **Source table:**
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-**Result:**+**Result table:**
 ^Phone number   ^ Matches  ^ ^Phone number   ^ Matches  ^
 | 1234567890    |  | | 1234567890    |  |
transformations/regexp.txt · Last modified: 2021/07/19 02:22 by craigt
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