RegEx: How do I get rid of surrounding () and [] ?

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Yes.

Markus: I was thinking at exact ‘matrix’ in RegEx just like what I’ve done with SQLDate.

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FYI, you can use a shorthand for that:

\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}

The braces mean, the last token repeated this many times. You can also use them for a range:

\\d{2,4}  // Two, three, or four digits
\\d{2,}   // At least two digits
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Hi Kem,

this is a nice trick, thank you for sharing. I love this kind of trick: useful and still readable.