' URL that generated this code:
' http://txt2re.com/index-vb6.php3?s=11:Jan:2019%20%22This%20is%20an%20Example!%22&-56&-11

Private Sub Command1_Click()
  Dim txt As String
  txt ="11:Jan:2019 ""This is an Example!"""

  Dim re1 As String
  re1 =".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
  Dim re2 As String 
  re2 ="1"	'Uninteresting: c
  Dim re3 As String
  re3 ="(1)"	'Any Single Character 1
  Dim re4 As String
  re4 =".*?"	'Non-greedy match on filler
  Dim re5 As String
  re5 ="(Jan)"	'Variable Name 1

  Dim r As New RegExp
  r.Pattern = re1+re2+re3+re4+re5
  r.IgnoreCase = True
  Dim m As MatchCollection
  Set m = r.Execute(txt)
  If m.Item(0).SubMatches.Count > 0 Then
      Dim c1
      c1=m.Item(0).SubMatches.Item(0)
      Dim var1
      var1=m.Item(0).SubMatches.Item(1)
      MsgBox("("+c1+")"+"("+var1+")"+"")
  End If
End Sub

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' To run this code:
' .Start Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0.
' .On the File menu, click New Project.
' .Click Standard Exe in the New Project dialog box, and then click OK.
' .On the Project menu, click References.
' .Double-click Microsoft VBScript Regular Expressions 5.5, and then click OK.
'   (If you can't find this option, download "Microsoft Windows Script 5.6"
'     from Microsoft)
' .In the toolbox, double-click CommandButton.
' .Double-click Command1 to open the Code window.
' .Paste the code above into the Command1_Click event handler:
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