Kamali Muthukrishnan wrote: > Hi guys : > I have serial numbers with a pattern : 3 numbers followed by 2 capital letters >followed by 3 numbers. > To validate this - > if ($serial !~ m/[0-9]{3}[A-Z]{2}[0-9]{3} ) > { # display error ; } > I get a syntax error.
i think you're missing a closing slash (/) in your regex. the format is if $something =~ m/regex_here/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]