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Old January 16th, 2005, 01:19 AM
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Default Wildcards and finding numerals

When I use a wildcard, and want to include a series of three numerals
in the search string -- ^#^#^# -- what code do I use? When I want to
include parentheses in the search string -- ( ) --- what codes do I
use?

TIA.

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Old January 16th, 2005, 01:36 AM
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Try

[0-9]{3}

and

\([0-9]{3}\)

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*(((({ wrote:
When I use a wildcard, and want to include a series of three numerals
in the search string -- ^#^#^# -- what code do I use? When I want to
include parentheses in the search string -- ( ) --- what codes do I
use?

TIA.

*(((({



 




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