camparing a string using a wild card

[Biggorron]

Hi there,

how do i campre 2 words using a wild car. if you look at my code below i am trying to compare 2 things and in the brackets is where it needs to be the wild card. however i try the * as a wild card but that doesn't work. i keep getting a runtime error: Type mismatch: '[string: "user("]'

if arrList(i) = "user("*")" then
wscript.echo arrList(i)
end if

also is there a way to dispaly just what's in the brackets or a way for me to split that string.

thx

 

[tsuji]

Whatever it means:
[tt]if arrList(i) = "user([red]"[/red]"*"[red]"[/red])" then[/tt]

 

[PHV]

how do i campre 2 words using a wild card
Have a look here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6wzad2b2(VS.85).aspx

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[tsuji]

If that is what comparing with wild card means (!!!), simply this for case-insensitive comparing:
[tt] if strcomp(left(arrList(i),4),"user",1)=0 then[/tt]
or this for case-sensitive comparing:
[tt] if strcomp(left(arrList(i),4),"user",0)=0 then[/tt]
Regexp? I am not sure the op is ready.

 

[Biggorron]

thank you tsuji. what you gave me worked just as i was hoping. Could you possibly help me with the last part of my question.

also is there a way to dispaly just what's in the brackets or a way for me to split that string.

so what i have is something like this user(myname) and i want to beable to display just myname.

thx in advance.

 

[tsuji]

You can do it like this.
[tt] if strcomp(left(arrList(i),4),"user",1)=0 then '4=len("user")
wscript.echo mid(arrList(i),5) '5=len("user")+1
end if
[/tt]