📢 Regex Saga in Excel — Episode 1 Dot Operator is Live! Today we are learning the DOT ( . ) Operator — the most powerful wildcard in Regex 🤘 ✨ It matches ANY ONE character between two letters Example: a.b → matches a1b, a-b, a b, a$b (But it won’t match ab because no character in between ❌) 📌 Excel Formula: =REGEXEXTRACT(A2,"a.b") 💡 Use it in: ✔ GST / PAN validation ✔ Product codes & SKUs ✔ Email cleaning ✔ Data pattern checks This is Step-1 to becoming a Regex Pro in Excel 🧠🔥 1 Operator a

One Asterisk (*) can decide approvals in regex functions in excel Today we master the Asterisk (*) 🔥 It means zero or more repetitions Perfect for real-world approval codes! Example pattern: AB* ✔ APPROVED • A • AB • ABB • ABBB • AB-DTL-2025 • A-2025/BR01-EXP-00945 ❌ REJECTED • B-2025-90012 • AC-INV-2025 • INV-AB-4352 🧠 Excel can validate approval workflows with just one pattern! =REGEXEXTRACT(A2,"AB*") #RegexInExcel #ExcelByVikal #ExcelTips #DataValidation #xlgenai | Excel By Vikal