VBScript Reference Manual for InduSoft Web Studio

InduSoft Web Studio VBScript Reference Manual
Character Classes
Symbol Function
[xyz] Match any one character enclosed in the character set.
"[abc]" matches "a" in "plain".
[a-z] Match any one character in the specified range. For example, "[a-z]"
matches any lowercase alphabetic character in the range "a" through "z".
"[a-e]" matches "b" in "basketball".
[^xyz] Match any one character not enclosed in the character set.
"[^a-e]" matches "s" in "basketball".
[^m-z] Matches any character not in the specified range. For example, "[m-z]"
matches any character not in the range "m" through "z".
. Match any single character except \n (newline).
\w Match any word character including underscore. Equivalent to [a-zA-Z_0-
9].
\W Match any non-word character. Equivalent to [^a-zA-Z_0-9].
\d Match any digit. Equivalent to [0-9].
\D Match any non-digit. Equivalent to [^0-9].
\s Match any space character (e.g. space, tab, form-feed, etc). Equivalent to
[ \t\r\n\v\f].
\S Match any non-space character. Equivalent to [^ \t\r\n\v\f].
Repetition
Symbol Function
{n} Match exactly n occurrences of a regular expression. n must be a nonnegative
integer. "\d{5}" matches 5 digits. For example, "o{2}" does not
match the "o" in "Bob," but matches the first two o's in "foooood".
(n,} Match n or more occurrences of a regular expression. n must be a nonnegative
integer. "\s{2,}" matches at least 2 space characters. For
example, "o{2,}" does not match the "o" in "Bob" and matches all the o's in
"foooood." "o{1,}" is equivalent to "o+". "o{0,}" is equivalent to "o*"
{n,m} Matches n to m number of occurrences of a regular expression. n and m
must be non-negative integers. "\d{2,3}" matches at least 2 but no more
than 3 digits. For example, "o{1,3}" matches the first three o's in
"fooooood." "o{0,1}" is equivalent to "o?".
? Match zero or one occurrences. Equivalent to {0,1}.
"a\s?b" matches "ab" or "a b"
"a?ve?" matches the "ve" in "never"
* Match zero or more occurrences. Equivalent to {0,}.
+ Match one or more occurrences. Equivalent to {1,}.
\num Matches num, where num is a positive integer. A reference back to
remembered matches. For example, "(.)\1" matches two consecutive
identical characters.
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