How do I get regex support in excel via a function, or custom function?

Question

It appears that regex (as in regular expressions) is not supported in excel, except via VBA. Is this so, and if it is, are there any \"open source\" custom VBA functions tha

Answer 1

Here's a post regarding Regex usage in Excel:

http://mathfest.blogspot.com/2010/03/regular-expressions-in-excel.html

Hope it helps.

And another which uses Python and IronSpread

http://mathfest.blogspot.ca/2012/06/using-ironspread-and-regular.html