Returns or sets the string corresponding to the current tag.
Syntax
[form!]VSFlexString.TagString([ TagIndex As Long ])[ = value As String ]
Remarks
Tags are parts of the search pattern delimited with curly braces ("{}"). Using tags allow you to refer to parts of each match. You can retrieve information about each tag by reading the TagLength, TagStart, and TagString properties.
The optional parameter MatchIndex should be a number between zero and TagCount - 1. The default value is the current value of the TagIndex property.
The following example shows how you can use tags to extract additional information from each match:
fs.Text = "Mary had a little lamb, Joe has a Porsche, " & vbCrLf & _
"Matt has problems..., Mike will have many options, " & vbCrLf & _
"Bill had better stop smoking, And I have a headache!"
fs.Pattern = "{[A-Z][a-z]*} ha[dsv]e? [ a]*{[A-Za-z ]+}" ' who had/has/have stuff?
For i = 0 To fs.MatchCount – 1
fs.MatchIndex = i
Debug.Print fs.TagString(1) & " BELONGS TO " & fs.TagString(0)
Next
This code produces the following output:
little lamb BELONGS TO Mary
Porsche BELONGS TO Joe
problems BELONGS TO Matt
better stop smoking BELONGS TO Bill
headache BELONGS TO I
If you assign a new string to the TagString property, VSFlexString will modify the string in the Text property and will attempt a new match. For example:
fs.Text = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
fs.Pattern = "{[A-Za-z]}[a-z]*"
For i = 0 To fs.MatchCount - 1
fs.MatchIndex = i
fs.TagString(0) = UCase(fs.TagString(0))
Next
Debug.Print fs
This code produces the following output:
The Quick Brown Fox Jumped Over The Lazy Dog.
Data Type
String