Length Property

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Description

Returns the length of a match found in a search string.

Syntax

object.Length

The object argument is always a Match object.

Remarks

The following code illustrates the use of the Length property:

Function RegExpTest(patrn, strng)
  Dim regEx, Match, Matches		' Create variable.
  Set regEx = New RegExp			' Create regular expression.
  regEx.Pattern = patrn			' Set pattern.
  regEx.IgnoreCase = True			' Set case insensitivity.
  regEx.Global = True			' Set global applicability.
  Set Matches = regEx.Execute(strng)	' Execute search.
  For Each Match in Matches		' Iterate Matches collection.
    RetStr = RetStr & "Match " & I & " found at position "
    RetStr = RetStr & Match.FirstIndex & ". Match Length is "
    RetStr = RetStr & Match.Length 
    RetStr = RetStr & " characters." & vbCRLF
  Next
  RegExpTest = RetStr
End Function

MsgBox(RegExpTest("is.", "IS1 is2 IS3 is4"))

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