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It would be easy if the numbers are always in the same position in the
variable.
You could use strNumbers=mid(strVariable, 3,3)
but if they could appear at any point you'd have to use a loop to loop
through all the characters and check if each one was numeric or not i.e.

for x=1 to len(strVariable)
strTemp=mid(strVariable, x,1)
if isnumeric(strTemp) then
strOutput=mid(strVariable,x,3) '(that's if it will always be 3 digits long
inside the string)
else
end if

next x

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 > Say I have an alphanumeric value assigned to a variable.....say the value
 > was "AX128MBT"......Would it be possible to extraxt the numbers from that
 > variable, leaving only the letters?.....If so, how would I do it?.....
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Sam (primetlc® webmaster) wrote:
 > Say I have an alphanumeric value assigned to a variable.....say the
 > value was "AX128MBT"......Would it be possible to extraxt the numbers
 > from that variable, leaving only the letters?.....If so, how would I
 > do it?.....

well I was gonna answer but before I finished I see you have two splendid
answers. IME both work ok (depending on requirements[1]), but I would
recommend the regexp version if there is a lot of data to process.

[1] Other loop structures can be employed.

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"Mike Page" <mikepage007.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > It would be easy if the numbers are always in the same position in the
 > variable.
 > You could use strNumbers=mid(strVariable, 3,3)
 > but if they could appear at any point you'd have to use a loop to loop
 > through all the characters and check if each one was numeric or not i.e.
 >
 > for x=1 to len(strVariable)
 > strTemp=mid(strVariable, x,1)
 > if isnumeric(strTemp) then
 > strOutput=mid(strVariable,x,3) '(that's if it will always be 3 digits
long
 > inside the string)
 > else
 > end if
 >
 > next x

Hmmmm....Having thought about it, all the values are 2 characters isn
size....Some have a number for the second character, and some are a two
letter combination.....But where there is a number present, it's always in
the second (last) position.....
I need to identify values that have a number in this position, and remove
the number....basically so that "AA" would remain "AA", whereas "A5" would
simply become "A"......

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Sam (primetlc® webmaster) wrote:

 > Say I have an alphanumeric value assigned to a variable.....say the value
 > was "AX128MBT"......Would it be possible to extraxt the numbers from that
 > variable, leaving only the letters?.....If so, how would I do it?.....

Doesn't ASP have a regex search/replace function? For instance, in PHP,
all you need to do is:

$string=preg_replace('/[0-9]/','',$string);

Then all digits are removed. You'd think a web language would have a lot
of string manipulation functions, especially for regex.

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On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 18:05:06 GMT, Justin Koivisto wrote:

 > Sam (primetlc® webmaster) wrote:
 >
  >> Say I have an alphanumeric value assigned to a variable.....say the value
  >> was "AX128MBT"......Would it be possible to extraxt the numbers from that
  >> variable, leaving only the letters?.....If so, how would I do it?.....
 >
 > Doesn't ASP have a regex search/replace function? For instance, in PHP,
 > all you need to do is:
 >
 > $string=preg_replace('/[0-9]/','',$string);
 >
 > Then all digits are removed. You'd think a web language would have a lot
 > of string manipulation functions, especially for regex.

It does:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/script56/html/vsproPattern.asp?fra" target="_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/script56/html/vsproPattern.asp?fra</a>
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 > Doesn't ASP have a regex search/replace function? For instance, in PHP,
 > all you need to do is:

He he! I *knew* someone was going to show how to do it with PHP!
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Charles Sweeney wrote:

 > "Justin Koivisto" <spam DeleteThis @koivi.com> wrote in message
 > news:m3wqb.692$Uz.17572@news7.onvoy.net...
 >
  >>Doesn't ASP have a regex search/replace function? For instance, in PHP,
  >>all you need to do is:
 >
 > He he! I *knew* someone was going to show how to do it with PHP!

Fault me. I don't know ASP, but I saw the looping solutions posted, and
couldn't see why. I figured there was a way to do it with a single
function call (which it seems I was dead wrong).

Besides, that Karim jerk always likes to say how ASP is so superior...
*ducks*

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Justin Koivisto wrote:
 > Charles Sweeney wrote:
 >
  >> "Justin Koivisto" <spam.DeleteThis@koivi.com> wrote in message
  >> news:m3wqb.692$Uz.17572@news7.onvoy.net...
  >>
   >>> Doesn't ASP have a regex search/replace function? For instance, in
   >>> PHP, all you need to do is:
  >>
  >> He he! I *knew* someone was going to show how to do it with PHP!

I was holding my breath

 > Fault me. I don't know ASP, but I saw the looping solutions posted,
 > and couldn't see why. I figured there was a way to do it with a single
 > function call (which it seems I was dead wrong).

ASP - The Regular Expression (Regexp) Object provides simple regular
expression support.

Guess you must've missed those posts ;o)

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William Tasso wrote:

 > Justin Koivisto wrote:
 >
  >>Charles Sweeney wrote:
  >>
  >>
   >>>"Justin Koivisto" <spam RemoveThis @koivi.com> wrote in message
   >>>news:m3wqb.692$Uz.17572@news7.onvoy.net...
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>>Doesn't ASP have a regex search/replace function? For instance, in
   >>>>PHP, all you need to do is:
   >>>
   >>>He he! I *knew* someone was going to show how to do it with PHP!
 >
 >
 > I was holding my breath
 >
 >
  >>Fault me. I don't know ASP, but I saw the looping solutions posted,
  >>and couldn't see why. I figured there was a way to do it with a single
  >>function call (which it seems I was dead wrong).
 >
 > ASP - The Regular Expression (Regexp) Object provides simple regular
 > expression support.

No, I saw them, but in order to do what I had suggested, it looks like
you need to create the function (at least from the posts I saw) like so:

Function regex_replace(patternStr, replacementStr, subjectStr)
Dim regEx, str1
Set regEx = New RegExp
regEx.Pattern = patternStr
regex_replace = regEx.Replace(subjectStr, replacementStr)
End Function

(Assuming that is valid ASP syntax of course...)

So then, what the OP wanted would be similar to (again, I don't know ASP
syntax):

alphanumeric_value = regex_replace("[0-9]", "", alphanumeric_value);

Am I correct, or am I just not understanding ASP at all (or missing an
existing function that does this)?

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"Justin Koivisto" <spam RemoveThis @koivi.com> wrote in message
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 > Charles Sweeney wrote:
 >
  > > "Justin Koivisto" <spam RemoveThis @koivi.com> wrote in message
  > > news:m3wqb.692$Uz.17572@news7.onvoy.net...
  > >
   > >>Doesn't ASP have a regex search/replace function? For instance, in PHP,
   > >>all you need to do is:
  > >
  > > He he! I *knew* someone was going to show how to do it with PHP!
 >
 > Fault me. I don't know ASP, but I saw the looping solutions posted, and
 > couldn't see why. I figured there was a way to do it with a single
 > function call (which it seems I was dead wrong).
 >
 > Besides, that Karim jerk always likes to say how ASP is so superior...
 > *ducks*

Just having fun Justin! I don't know ASP either. I think someone mentioned
using a Regular Expression with ASP.

I see our *friend* responded predictably!
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Charles Sweeney wrote:
 > Just having fun Justin! I don't know ASP either. I think someone mentioned
 > using a Regular Expression with ASP.

I know you are, and so am I. However, I do have a slight interest in the
topic...

 > I see our *friend* responded predictably!

He did? where? ...oh yeah, I'll have to un-plonk him for this thread. LOL!

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Justin Koivisto wrote:
 > William Tasso wrote:
 >
  >> Justin Koivisto wrote:
  >>
   >>> Charles Sweeney wrote:
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>> "Justin Koivisto" <spam DeleteThis @koivi.com> wrote in message
   >>>> news:m3wqb.692$Uz.17572@news7.onvoy.net...
   >>>>
   >>>>
   >>>>> Doesn't ASP have a regex search/replace function? For instance, in
   >>>>> PHP, all you need to do is:
   >>>>
   >>>> He he! I *knew* someone was going to show how to do it with PHP!
  >>
  >>
  >> I was holding my breath
  >>
  >>
   >>> Fault me. I don't know ASP, but I saw the looping solutions posted,
   >>> and couldn't see why. I figured there was a way to do it with a
   >>> single function call (which it seems I was dead wrong).
  >>
  >> ASP - The Regular Expression (Regexp) Object provides simple regular
  >> expression support.
 >
 > No, I saw them, but in order to do what I had suggested, it looks like
 > you need to create the function ...
 >
 > Am I correct, or am I just not understanding ASP at all (or missing an
 > existing function that does this)?

yep - I'd say you were right. AFAIK there is no constant or inbuilt function
that defines alpha characters in vbScript, but hey, let's not get into a bum
sniffing, hand-bag waving frenzy over this. I'm sure there's better ways to
idle our time.

Each environment has its own intrinsic advantages as well as rather odd
characteristics and foibles.

What I will add is this: I recently did some troubleshooting on an
application that used both ASP/vbScript and PHP. Constantly switching
between the two (three if you include the nightmare of client-side
Javascript - of course there was HTML as well - makes 4) was a real PITA.

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Came forth ->>Sam (primetlc® webmaster) <<- saying:

 >Hmmmm....Having thought about it, all the values are 2 characters isn
 >size....Some have a number for the second character, and some are a two
 >letter combination.....But where there is a number present, it's always in
 >the second (last) position.....
 >I need to identify values that have a number in this position, and remove
 >the number....basically so that "AA" would remain "AA", whereas "A5" would
 >simply become "A"......
 >
 >I'm going to have a tinker with this code you've posted Mike.....I'll let
 >you know how I get along......
 >

if it's ALWAYS 2 chars long then here's a function for you.

Function SwitcharooBuckaroo(str)
Dim i
i = Asc(Right(str, 1))
If i > 47 And i < 58 Then
SwitcharooBuckaroo = Left(str, 1)
Else
SwitcharooBuckaroo = str
End If
End Function


Also, if you don't want to run every value through the function then
just pull it out of the function, and just do the check w/out doing
the modifying --unless necessary.

/tired.

I mean:
10 aRec=rs.GetRows()
20 cnt=UBound(aRec,2)
30 for i = 0 to cnt
40 z = Asc(Right(aRec(0,i), 1)) //test that element
50 if (z>47 and z<5 { //only change if qualifies
60 aRec(0,i)=left(aRec(0,i),1)
70 end if
80 next
90 //at this point your array will be filled with values you like


But I suggest the function unless you're doing hundreds of thousands
of records and stack space is a problem.


.......

and onto off topic news

if anyone missed me here's what I've been up to:
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And i'm pretty burned out on stuff in general so, that's why i've not
been participatory, sorry :/


hth, Sam
btw, are you Fatwa?

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