Date:         Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:51:48 -0500
Reply-To:     Joe Matise <snoopy369@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Joe Matise <snoopy369@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Extracting a word that matches a patter in a macro var XXXX
Comments: To: Dan Abner <dan.abner99@gmail.com>
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What's the pattern there?  You mean
<letter>_<letter>_<some letters>*<letter>_<letter>_<some letters>
?

-Joe

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Dan Abner <dan.abner99@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a macro var (&INTER) that resolves to a space delimited string
> of 1500 words. What is the best way to select any and all words that
> contain the following pattern:
>
> E_N_OPERC*E_O_BILLGR
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dan
>