Re: RegEx for Function Declarations

> Thanks Ryan, that should help, even with just \w+ for a field name for now.
> One more though, how would I capture the field name?
>
> sum|max|min)\((?(fieldName)\w+)\)|(count)\(\))  ??
>
> Then how to access that field name?

        it's in the matched group. Check the grouping feature in the match
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                FB

>
>
> > How about something like
> >
> > ((sum|max|min)\((\w+)\)|(count)\(\))
> >
> > you may want to alter \w+ into something that matches your field names
> > better.
> >
> > // Ryan
> >
> > On Jan 30, 2008 9:45 AM, Brady Kelly <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > I'd like to parse aggregate function declarations, as in Sum('x'),
> > where x
> > > is a field name.  I'd love to break out a regex explorer and
> > experiment, but
> > > I have a demo in three hours and would appreciate some assistance.
> > The set
> > > of functions is finite, i.e. Count(), Sum(x), Max(x), Min(x).
>
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