Hello,
How do I find ".OD." with the 2 dots either side within a character?
I have tried the prxmatch function but it is ignoring the dots either side and just finding the 'OD'.
eg:
OD2 = prxmatch("m/.OD./ois", productcode);
thanks
Sally
The period is a special character in regular expressions. It must be escaped to be interpreted as the period character.
OD2 = prxmatch("m/\.OD\./ois", productcode);
Is OD what you want to find, or a period, two characters and another period?
If it's the first, have you tried FIND() or INDEX()?
OD2 = find(productcode, '.OD.', 'i');
The period is a special character in regular expressions. It must be escaped to be interpreted as the period character.
OD2 = prxmatch("m/\.OD\./ois", productcode);
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