Hello all,



I'm new to Word macro. A Word expert has supported me to automate capturing specific contents from word to excel. Now, I need some little more modification with mentioned macro file.

Can someone guide to explain below word macros please? It will make easier to modify based on my requirement

.Text = "Declaration*NIC*^13*[^12^13]{1,}" - What does ^13*[^12^13]{1,} means?

.Text = "[ ]{1,}[OI][rn][id][gi][ia][[n]*Inv No & Dt.*^13" - What does [ ]{1,}[OI][rn][id][gi][ia][[n]?

.Text = "([0-9]{1,})[!^13]@| ([A-Z0-9]@>)*([0-9.]{4,5} %)*([0-9.]{4,5} %)*([0-9.]{4,5} %)*^13" -

How it works?

Above macro used to pull part numbers, what if there is a symbol mentioned in part number or like this PK_2314K16 ? Will it capture it

Also, need understanding if it meant for one row or can be used for two rows of specific data like this

173 73079290 ADAPTER AS.-ELBOW 90 DEG (NON ELECTRICAL) (50 NOS)
| 1068715

.Replacement.Text = "\1^t\2^t\3^t\4^t\5^p" - What does it mean?

Grahams page would be useful to read to figure out what some of the special charcters are:


Replace using wildcards


these as well:
Finding and replacing non-printing characters (such as paragraph marks), other special characters, and text formatting
Finding and replacing characters using wildcards

Thank you kilroy,

One more question,

.Text = "([0-9]{1,})[!^13]@| ([A-Z0-9]@>)*([0-9.]{4,5} %)*([0-9.]{4,5} %)*([0-9.]{4,5} %)*^13" -

Can you above code help to capture text such as PK_2314K16? Do I need to modify it?

As well as it's not capturing if it's in next line. i.e. When I run set of data, it only capture if it is one line and leave content alone if it's second line
e.g. I need to capture 1068715

173 73079290 ADAPTER AS.-ELBOW 90 DEG (NON ELECTRICAL) (50 NOS)
| 1068715

Any support on this query please?

I'm definitely not the best guy to answer questions but if you are searching for a string where 2 letters - underscore - 4 numbers - 1 letter - 2 numbers then:


Find=[A-Z]{2}_[0-9]{4,}[A-Z]{1,}[0-9]{2}


is the naming convention always the same? (PK_2314K16)


Best to post a sample of what you are looking for and what to replace it with.

Hiii,

I need below code to get modified to capture

Text which as PK_2314K161 (Total Characters is 11), 1186878 (total Characters 7), 9R2613 (Total Characters 6). As of now, it's capturing 1186878 & 9R2613

Also, need to capture if it's in second line as well. As of now, it's capturing if it's in one row

173 73079290 ADAPTER AS.-ELBOW 90 DEG (NON ELECTRICAL) (50 NOS)
| 1068715

.Text = "([0-9]{1,})[!^13]@| ([A-Z0-9]@>)*([0-9.]{4,5} %)*([0-9.]{4,5} %)*([0-9.]{4,5} %)*^13"

Individually the find expressions are as follows below. I can't tie them together. When I tried I got an error message saying the find was too complicated. Good luck


PK_2314K161 Find = [A-Z]{2}_[0-9]{4,}[A-Z]{1}[0-9]{2}
1186878 Find = [0-9]{7}
9R2613 Find = [0-9]{1} [A-Z]{1} [0-9]{4})

I will try to combine run iteration on combinations.

Thank you!!

Bad luck!! it causing error after trying different combinations

I need below code to get modified to capture

Text which as PK_2314K161 (Total Characters is 11), 1186878 (total Characters 7), 9R2613 (Total Characters 6). As of now, it's capturing 1186878 & 9R2613

Also, need to capture if it's in second line as well. As of now, it's capturing if it's in one row

173 73079290 ADAPTER AS.-ELBOW 90 DEG (NON ELECTRICAL) (50 NOS)
| 1068715

.Text = "([0-9]{1,})[!^13]@| ([A-Z0-9]@>)*([0-9.]{4,5} %)*([0-9.]{4,5} %)*([0-9.]{4,5} %)*^13"

Cross-posted at: support to capture specific data from Word to Excel using VBA Automation - Page 5
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For anyone else who's interested, the cross-post shows I'd already given the OP extensive help there, only to have him keep changing the specifications at every stage.

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Paul Edstein
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