Question

Need to parse a file for lines of data that start with this pattern “Feb 06 2010 15:49:00.017 MCO”, where MCO could be any 3 letter ID, and return the entire record for the line. I think I could get the first part, but the returning the rest of the line is where I get lost.

Here is some sample data.

Feb 06 2010 15:49:00.017 MCO -I -I -I -I 0.34 527 0.26 0.24 184 Tentative 0.00 0 Radar Only -RDR- – – – – No 282356N 0811758W – 3-3
Feb 06 2010 15:49:00.017 MLB -I -I -I -I 44.31 3175 -10.05 -10.05 216 Established 0.00 0 Radar Only -RDR- – – – – No 281336N 0812939W – 2-
Feb 06 2010 15:49:00.018 MLB -I -I -I -I 44.31 3175 -10.05 -10.05 216 Established 15.51 99 Radar Only -RDR- – – – – No 281336N 0812939W – 2-
Feb 06 2010 15:49:00.023 QML N856 7437-V -I 62-V 61-V 67.00 3420 -30.93 15.34 534 Established 328.53 129 Reinforced – – – – – – No 283900N 0815325W – –
Feb 06 2010 15:49:00.023 QML N516SP 0723-V -I 22-V 21-V 42.25 3460 -8.19 5.03 146 Established 243.93 83 Beacon Only – – – – – – No 282844N 0812734W – –
Feb 06 2010 15:49:00.023 QML 2247-V -I 145-V 144-V 78.88 3443 -39.68 23.68 676 Established 177.66 368 Reinforced – – – – – – No 284719N 0820325W – –
Feb 06 2010 15:49:00.023 MLB 1200-V -I 15-V 14-V 45.25 3015 -11.32 -20.97 475 Established 349.68 88 Beacon Only – – – – – – No 280239N 0813104W – –
Feb 06 2010 15:49:00.023 MLB 1011-V -I 91-V 90-V 94.50 3264 -56.77 10.21 698 Established 152.28 187 Beacon Only – – – – – – No 283341N 0822244W – –
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Answer 1

seems like your date + 3 characters are always the first 5 fields (with space as delimiter). Just go through the file, and do a split on space to each line. Then get the first 5 fields

s=Split(strLineOfFile," ")
wscript.echo s(0),s(1),s(2),s(3),s(4)

No need regex