The best pattern I can see in the data is XXX XXX XXXX to identify phone numbers.

How would I code the 'keep' for that?

GORRELP1 <GORRELP1@westat.com> wrote: : 90% of this problem is being able to describe and distinguish the patterns for : the 'keep' and the 'drop' data. The more specific the details you can furnish : the easier the task will be. For example, how long can 'keep' number strings : be? Does a three-digit number sequence, bordered by spaces, uniquely signal the : start of an unwanted phone number? Etc.

: Paul Gorrell : gorrelp1@westat.com

: ____________________Reply Separator____________________ : Subject: Re: Filtering out a phone number : Author: Bill Kossack <kossack@NETCOM11.NETCOM.COM> : Date: 10/12/1999 9:09 PM

: The rest of the string can contain numbers such as equipment model : numbers that are of interest.

: Richard Read Allen <rrallen@ibm.net> wrote:

: : Is it possible for the useful consistent information to contain the digits : : 0-9? If not, then use compress(x,'0123456789'). If it can contain digits, it's : : a more difficult problem.

: -- : William S. Kossack : Westminster, Colorado : kossack@netcom.com

-- William S. Kossack Westminster, Colorado kossack@netcom.com