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Subject:Re: Word Search & Replace w/ variable From:Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:"Janoff, Steven" <Steven -dot- Janoff -at- ga -dot- com> Date:Tue, 13 May 2014 10:09:26 -0700
The asterisk is the one to use if you have a first and last character,
including a bracket or paren, and want to wildcard everything that goes in
between, regardless of the number of characters. The alternatives work
fine, but you'll need to know the exact number of wildcarded characters.
Gene Kim-Eng
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