parsing an equivalent of scanf

[BowenM]

Some short background:  I'm working on a project (that is consuming my soul, but that is a different story).  In this project I have a variable library that I can request entries from... the library stores relevant information to the specific test being run (SN, operator, etc).

When it comes time to automatically save data, I need to name the file something and I thought "Hey, it sure would be nice if I gave them the option to specify a unique file name string based on library entries".  So, I decided to parse the string like the C scanf function, where you have all of the time format strings as well as %s which represents library entries.

Below is my code that does just that.  My question is:  string parsing is, hands down, my least favorite thing to do in LabVIEW.  This solution seems a little brute force.  Any suggestions on improving it?  

[crossrulz]

I would do something like this.  The Search And Replace String can come in handy here.

[BowenM]

That... is much simpler.  It will also make some of the string error checking easier as well.  Thank you.

I really need to learn regular expressions better.

[crossrulz]

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@BowenM wrote:

I really need to learn regular expressions better.

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You and me both.  Luckily I don't have any in this.  Well, some would say the Scan From String does.  I don't since that format is directly in the help for the Scan From String, which does not support regular expressions.