Two VFP alternatives to resorting to VBScript RegExp:
SF RegExp, by Lutz Scheffler, at https://github.com/lscheffler/sf_regexp, works as a wrapper to the .NET Regular Expression engine;
VFP_RegExp, by me, at https://github.com/atlopes/VFP_RegExp, uses the PCRE engine, with the benefit of being...