Problem in reading first wild characters

[former_member219850]

Hi Team,

How can I read first variable wild - character.

i.e. '!!!!!!Darshan!!!!!.'

I wish to read only first wild characters not last.

these wild characters are not fix. i.e. it may contain '!!darshan!!'.

Please guide me.

Thanks,

Darshan.

[former_member219850]

Hi Team,

How can I read first variable wild - character.

i.e. '!!!!!!Darshan!!!!!.'

I wish to read only first wild characters not last.

these wild characters are not fix. i.e. it may contain '!!darshan!!'.

Please guide me.

Thanks,

Darshan.

[Former Member]

Darshan,

In the above example !!!!!!Darshan!!!!!, what do you mean by a wild character? Are you looking to find the 'D' or the first '!'?

[Former Member]

Hi Darshan,

You could use regular expression, like this:

FIND FIRST OCCURRENCE OF REGEX `[a-zA-Z]`

      IN text OFFSET off.

text+off(1), then is what you wanted.

regards,

Archer

[former_member185054]

Dear dhashan,

     please explain the above issue.do you wand to read wild-character or else alphanumeric character?

regards,

sampath kumar.