regular expressions question

[ktucci]

how do i use regular expressions to look for '\w{2,5}' but not have the result be a number by itself

i would want to matchletter number combinations)

abc1a
1abcd
abcde
1234a
a4bcd

but notany integer without a letter)

12345
123
12
22222

any help will be greatly appreciated

thanks

keith

 

[ktucci]

anyone have any ideas on this one...?

thanks

keith

 

[BarkingFrog]

Just use the IsNumeric function:

If IsNumeric("Expression1&quot Then
--this is an integer only
else
--this is a letter number combination
end if

 

[xutopia]

does vbscript support regular expressions? Gary

http://www.xutopia.com

Haran

 

[onpnt]

yes it does

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?URL=/library/en-us/dnclinic/html/scripting051099.asp

I may not get it the 1st or 2nd time,
but how sweet that 15th time can be.
admin@onpntwebdesigns.com

 

[xutopia]

only since IE5!! boohoo. Jscript had support for regexp since version 4.0 of their browser! Gary

http://www.xutopia.com

Haran