[deverauxxi]

How can I count the number of special characters/ numbers that is inputted in a textbox.

For example:
079348625!@#$%^&*

Number Count: 9
Special Characters: 8

Thanks !

[nK0de]

I think its possible and easier by using Regular Expressions. Check the no. 16 in this article. Try it out.

[maj3091]

To follow up on nK0de's excellent suggestion, have a look at this link on using regular expressions in vb6.

They may look a little awkward to begin with, but they are very powerful and worth taking the time to learn a little about them.

[nK0de]

:facepalm: oh shit! I opened this thread through the email notification and I didn't notice it was a VB6 question! I thought its VB.NET! sorry, my bad. and thanks maj3091 for the article on using RegEx in VB6. Haven't done that and didn't even know its possible in VB6.

[BobRodes]

maj, it's not exactly the case that regular expressions aren't available except through a 3rd party solution, as the article you link suggests. Just set a (don't have VB6 here, can't quite remember name) reference to the VBScript regular expressions library.

[maj3091]

BobRodes, on 08 March 2012 - 11:01 PM, said:

maj, it's not exactly the case that regular expressions aren't available except through a 3rd party solution, as the article you link suggests. Just set a (don't have VB6 here, can't quite remember name) reference to the VBScript regular expressions library.

To be honest Bob, I didn't realise the article said that, as I just quickly scouted through whilst on lunch at work, and it looked a good intro to RegEx functionality. I just assumed it referenced the inbuilt functionality.

Apologies if that caused any confusion OP.

This post has been edited by maj3091: 09 March 2012 - 01:01 AM

[BobRodes]

Kinda figured. they snuck that in at the end. And I would say that it is certainly a good intro to regex functionality.