Mmcolli00 Mom wrote:
> I thought a reg expression could be used on any string.

It can. But "used on" and "compared to" are two different things.
"hello" != /hello/ #=> true
"hello" !~ /hello/ #=> false


> So if my Date1 has any value after it, I will have to have a string
> wildcard, correct? What are you all using for wildcards? Thanks, MC

I don't know what you mean.

HTH,
Sebastian
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