Regular expressions?

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Defranco

Hi all,

Excel supports the use of Regular Expressions (RegEx) in formulas? How
do I use it?

Thanks
 
An example


Function ValidFileName(ByVal TheFileName As String) As Boolean
Dim RegEx As Object
Set RegEx = CreateObject("vbscript.regexp")
RegEx.Pattern = "[\\/:\*\?""<>\|]"
ValidFileName = Not RegEx.Test(TheFileName)
Set RegEx = Nothing
End Function
 
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