Help for Newbie: How to search a document for a string patern and grab the word

[Billy]

Hi

So I need to search a document for this pattern:

"{{some_text_here}}"

and, if/when I find a match, I want to assign that matching text to a
string. I've seen the code to find something (e.g. ActiveDocument.Content.
Find.Execute()), but not anything that can actually grab the text for me.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

BB

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

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Billy nous racontait que :

Hi

So I need to search a document for this pattern:

"{{some_text_here}}"

and, if/when I find a match, I want to assign that matching text to a
string. I've seen the code to find something (e.g.
ActiveDocument.Content. Find.Execute()), but not anything that can
actually grab the text for me.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Something like this perhaps?

Dim strFound As String

With ActiveDocument.Range.Find
.Text = "\{\{*\}\}"
.MatchWildcards = True
.Execute
If .Found Then
strFound = .Parent.Text
End If
End With

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Salut!
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