VBScript Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - Version 5.20, by Dr. Herong Yang

"Set oRegExp = New RegExp" - Creating RegExp Objects

This section describes steps on how to create a new RegExp object with a Set statement 'Set oRegExp = New RegExp'. oRegExp.Global and oRegExp.IgnoreCase used to set pattern match options.

We have discussed enough about the returning object structure of a pattern match operation. Now let's look at how can we set up a pattern match operation:

1. Create an empty RegExp object with a "Set" statement and set it to a variable:

   Dim oRegExp
   Set oRegExp = New RegExp

Where "RegExp" is the name of the "RegExp" class; "New" is an operator to create a new object out of a class; "oRegExp" is Variant variable holding the new "RegExp" object.

2. Assign a regular expression string as the match pattern following regular expression rules. Here are some examples of regular expressions - see a regular expression manual for more examples:

   ' A pattern to match any word ending with "ee". 
   ' No sub matches defined.
   oRegExp.Pattern = "\w+ee\s"
   
   ' A pattern to match any email address. 
   ' 3 sub matches defined in the pattern.
   oRegExp.Pattern = "(\w+)@(\w+)\.(\w+)"

3. Set match flags, "Global" and "IgnoreCase". For examples:

   ' Repeat matches on the entire string
   oRegExp.Global = True

   ' Ignore cases while matching the pattern
   oRegExp.IgnoreCase = True

Now the "RegExp" object, oRegExp, is ready to be used to match again any given string following operations:

   ' Returns True if the pattern matched at least once. 
   bFound = oRegExp.Test(string)

   ' Returns a copy of the given string with each match replaced.
   sCopy = oRegExp.Replace(string, replacement)

   ' Returns a MatchCollection object containing matches.
   Set oMatches = oRegExp.Execute(string)

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of VBScript - Visual Basic Scripting Edition

 Variant Data Type, Subtypes, and Literals

 Arithmetic Operations

 Numeric Comparison Operations and Logical Operations

 String Operations - Concatenation and Comparison

 Variable Declaration and Assignment Statement

 Expression and Order of Operation Precedence

 Statement Syntax and Statement Types

 Array Data Type and Related Statements

 Array References and Array Assignment Statements

 Conditional Statements - "If ... Then" and "Select Case"

 Loop Statements - "For", "While", and "Do"

 "Function" and "Sub" Procedures

 Built-in Functions

 Inspecting Variables Received in Procedures

 Error Handling Flag and the "Err" Object

Regular Expression Pattern Match and Replacement

 "RegExp" Class and Object for Regular Expression Support

 "MatchCollection" and "SubMatches" Collection Objects

"Set oRegExp = New RegExp" - Creating RegExp Objects

 Example of Regular Expression Match and Replacement

 scrrun.dll - Scripting Runtime DLL Library

 Creating Your Own Classes

 IE Web Browser Supporting VBScript

 IIS ASP Server Supporting VBScript

 WSH (Windows Script Host)

 References

 Printable Copy - PDF Version

"Set oRegExp = New RegExp" - Creating RegExp Objects - Updated in 2015, by Dr. Herong Yang