"GD" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> As an example, in VbScript ".*\Rad.DAT" is considered a valid regular
expression, but in VB7 and C# I'm getting following error message.
> parsing ".*\Rad.DAT" - Unrecognized escape sequence \R. Parameter name:
..*\Rad.DAT.
> This is happening for any character that do not have an correspondent
escape sequence.
> ".*\Aad.DAT" is okay because "\a" is an escape sequence.
>
> Here is a program sequence that uses VBScript library and consider the
mentioned regular expression as a correct one.
> Dim regex As VBScript_RegExp_55.RegExp
> regex = New VBScript_RegExp_55.RegExp
> regex.Pattern = ".*\Rad.DAT"
> regex.IgnoreCase = True
> regex.Global = True
> Matches = regex.Execute(sToMatch)
> This sequence returns an error:
> TestRE = ".*\Rad.DAT"
> Dim reg As Regex
> 'reg = New Regex(TestRE, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)
> reg = New Regex(TestRE, RegexOptions.CultureInvariant And
RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)
> 'reg = New Regex(TestRE)
> Dim m As System.Text.RegularExpressions.Match
> m = reg.Match(strToMatch)
> Thanks,
> GD
>