Riddle me this.....

[PepsiHog]

Hello Everyone,

I don't need help with this per say. I just would like to know the answer to this riddle.

Line A works. Line B does not work. Why?

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let>Num=38
let>NumList=28;13;16;45;48;20;41;38;25;51;31;34;24;52;22;39;27;2;49;6;3;36;12;11;

let>PatternA=(\d\d?;?){1,3}
RegEx>PatternA,NumList,0,match,ResA,0

let>PatternB=((.*)?;?%Num%).*
RegEx>PatternB,NumList,0,match,nom,1,$1,PartList

// PartList=28;13;16;45;48;20;41;38

//Line A
RegEx>PatternA,PartList,0,MatchA,ResultA,0
//Line B
RegEx>(\d\d?;?){1,3},PartList,0,MatchB,ResultB,0

mdl>%ResultA%%crlf%%ResultB%%crlf%%ResA%%crlf%%PartList%

PepsiHog

[JRL]

My guess is:
MS doesn't like the comma.

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let>Num=38
let>NumList=28;13;16;45;48;20;41;38;25;51;31;34;24;52;22;39;27;2;49;6;3;36;12;11;
let>PatternA=(\d\d?;?){1,3}
RegEx>PatternA,NumList,0,match,ResA,0
let>PatternB=((.*)?;?%Num%).*
RegEx>PatternB,NumList,0,match,nom,1,$1,PartList

// PartList=28;13;16;45;48;20;41;38

//Line A
RegEx>PatternA,PartList,0,MatchA,ResultA,0
//Line B
RegEx>{"(\d\d?;?){1,3}"},PartList,0,MatchB,ResultB,0
mdl>%ResultA%%crlf%%ResultB%%crlf%%ResA%%crlf%%PartList%

[PepsiHog]

@JRL,

Huh? Thanks for the work around, but I don't understand. It's part of RegEx syntax. How can MS not like the comma? I am guessing you are referring to {1,3} coma. But that's the syntax. Plus I've used this before without this issue.

Am I misunderstanding?

[edit] - Normally I'd be happy with your answer JRL. But this is first day stuff. I am suppose to know RegEx. Your answer is just shoving a stick of dynamite in my pile of understanding and blowing it all to Hello. So please forgive me, but I need a second opinion.

Anyone? Second opinion?

PepsiHog

[Grovkillen]

We need to consult Marcus on how MS is parsing the RegEx internally. I think JRL is close to the truth though. Have you tried "let>PatternA=(\d\d?;?){1%COMMA%3}"? Just as a test...

[PepsiHog]

@Grovkillen,

Yes. And that works. I understand doing that for a long argument, but makes little sense to me for a short one.

Thanks to you and JRL for the help. I'd swear I've done this before with no problem, but maybe I'm wrong.

Correction. I've used a let>Pattern string with just the argument as is. And it works. I'll give that a try.

Thanks,
PepsiHog