Execute Method
Updated: March 2009
Executes a regular expression search against a specified string.
object.Execute(string)
The actual pattern for the regular expression search is set using the Pattern property of the RegExp object.
The Execute method returns a Matches Collection that contains a Match Object for each match found in string. Execute returns an empty Matches Collection if no match is found.
The following code illustrates the use of the Execute method.
Function RegExpTest(patrn, strng)
Dim regEx, Match, Matches, s
' Create the regular expression.
Set regEx = New RegExp
regEx.Pattern = patrn
regEx.IgnoreCase = True
regEx.Global = True
' Do the search.
Set Matches = regEx.Execute(strng)
' Iterate through the Matches collection.
s = ""
For Each Match in Matches
s = s & "Match found at position "
s = s & Match.FirstIndex & ". "
s = s & "Match Value is '"
s = s & Match.Value & "'."
s = s & vbCRLF
Next
RegExpTest = s
End Function
MsgBox(RegExpTest("is.", "IS1 is2 IS3 is4"))
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