parsing a string for asterick - having brain fade

[XCoop]

all,

this should be quick. how do you use the match pattern to locate an asterick in a file without LV interpretting the asterick (*) as a wildcard? ie, how would you find the following asterick in a text string below.

asdfaf

asdfasdfsfd

adsfsdf

asdf*asdf

asfdasdf

asdfasfd

[NickNZ]

Easy   \*

\ Cancels the interpretation of any special character in this list. For example, \? matches a question mark and \. matches a period. You also can use the following constructions for the space and non-displayable characters:

Straight out of the help file for match pattern. 🙂

Time for sugar / caffine?

Message Edited by Nick on 03-15-2006 04:48 PM

[Wiebe@CARYA]

If you just need to locate one character, Split String is faster. Regulair Expressions are great, but they do have a performance penalty.


Regards,


Wiebe.
"Nick" <x@no.email> wrote in message news:1142399563650-338375@exchange.ni.com...
Easy&nbsp;&nbsp; \*\ Cancels the interpretation of any special character in this list. For example,
\? matches a question mark and \. matches a period. You also can use the following
constructions for the space and non-displayable characters: Straight out of the help file for match pattern. 🙂 Time for sugar / caffine?Message Edited by Nick on 03-15-2006 04:48 PM