str.replace() v2|v3 does not recognize regular expressions. To perform a substitution using a regular expression, use re.sub() v2|v3. For example: In a loop, it would be better to compile the regular expression first:
Regular expressions are used for Pattern Matching. To use in Excel follow these steps: Step 1: Add VBA reference to “Microsoft VBScript Regular Expressions 5.5” Select “Developer” tab (I don’t have this tab what do I do?) Select “Visual Basic” icon from ‘Code’ ribbon section In “Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications” window select “Tools” from the … Read more
Matches the following If you do not want a match on non-US numbers use Update :As noticed by user Simon Weaver below, if you are also interested in matching on unformatted numbers just make the separator character class optional as [\s.-]?
Let me try to explain this with an example. Consider the following text: Now, if I apply the regex below over it… … I would get the following result: But I don’t care about the protocol — I just want the host and path of the URL. So, I change the regex to include the … Read more
I have this function to validate an email addresses: Is this okay for checking if the email address is valid or not?
The str.split() method without an argument splits on whitespace:
Let me try to explain this with an example. Consider the following text: Now, if I apply the regex below over it… … I would get the following result: But I don’t care about the protocol — I just want the host and path of the URL. So, I change the regex to include the … Read more
The following should work: Explanation: To get your desired grouping based on the comments below, you can use the following:
Use ? at the end for characters: [A-Za-z]? This will match at most 1 presence of a character (lower or upper case).
Matches the following If you do not want a match on non-US numbers use Update :As noticed by user Simon Weaver below, if you are also interested in matching on unformatted numbers just make the separator character class optional as [\s.-]?