Pattern Help

[Richard Sheehan]

Sara,
  Have you tried specifying the pattern with an or in it?
"(\M|\C)#####"


Sarah Moore wrote:
> 
> We are using Powerhouse 6.20 on OpenVMS.
> 
> We had this original pattern on a field in QUICK "^#####"
> 
> We want to restrict it to not let the Alpha be equal to M or C. We tried a lot
> of different combinations and found this one. "\M#####" which restricted
> the M but allows the user to enter 6 digits. Also, we were not able to
> restrict the C.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Sarah Moore
> Co-op Atlantic
> Moncton, NB
> 
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Richard Sheehan,
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