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05-27-2004

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Need to put a space between wild cards..

how do you put a space in a wild card thing..

example

"LastAnalysisT.*${MONTH}.*${DAY}.*20${YEAR}"

I need to make it something like

"LastAnalysisT.*${MONTH}<I need a space here>.*${DAY}.*20${YEAR}"

So it would be something like:

LastAnalyst*May 24*2004

Where * just means I dont care what is there. I just need that space between the month and the day.

How does one put a space in there so it is recognized as a space and not a mistype?

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Hi, backslash escape the space... eg

Code:

LastAnalysisT.*${MONTH}\ .*${DAY}.*20${YEAR}"

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