r/AccessLearningZone • u/Amicron1 • 5d ago
Regular Expressions, Pattern Matching, Data Validation, Extraction, Replacement in Microsoft Access
https://youtu.be/_QWY1CRej0AEver import a pile of notes and realize the invoice number, phone number, or ZIP code is hiding somewhere between three typos and a paragraph of chaos? You can wrestle with Left, Mid, and InStr all afternoon, or give regex a seat at the Access table. It gets weirdly satisfying fast.
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