How to combine three different text patterns For Word Find Wildcards-CodePudding

I'm new to the concept of REGEX and couldn't figure out how to use it properly in my VBA code. I want to extract all strings that have the following formats:

AMT.xxx.xx.xxxxxx
AMT.xxx.xx.xxxxx
AMT.xxx.xxxxxx
AMT.xxx.xx.xxx.xxx

where Xs are numbers.

I tried this line and couldn't get the last two patterns.

 With findRange.Find
         .Text = "AMT.[0-9]{3}.[0-9]{2,}.[0-9]{5,}"

I tried to include the last two patterns using the OR(|) operator but it seems like it's not working.

 With findRange.Find
         "AMT.[0-9]{3}.[0-9]{2,}.[0-9]{5,} | AMT.[0-9]{3}.[0-9]{6} 
          | AMT.[0-9]{3}.[0-9]{2}.[0-9]{3}.[0-9]{3}"

How do I update my code to include all four patterns?

Thanks.

CodePudding user response：

Try this Regex

Matches all the cases that you've mentioned in your question

AMT\.\d{3}\.(?:\d{2,}\.?)

Regex101 Demo

Tell me if its not working...

CodePudding user response：

If you really must use Word Find with wildcard matching, Try this pattern:

AMT\.[0-9]{3}\.[0-9]{2}[0-9\.]{1}[.0-9]{3,7}

It should match the above 4 format but could potentially catch some other format due to its inability to match the later part of the string using zero or more occurrences.

Reference - https://wordmvp.com/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm