Regular expressions are ugly. There, I said it. They can seem like cryptic streams of garbage that you might get from an error message. But to underestimate their power, or, even worse, to ignore them completely is folly! Often overlooked due to their esoteric nature, regular expressions can be the single best way to deal with text data in 4D. Learn the tips, tricks and traps of using regular expressions to search, extract, and validate text data. The power is in your hands!

Presented by: Rick Hazey – Owner, Octet Industries, LLC