Sorry, while typing I missed the slash, it is there in my code as -
if ($serial !~ m/[0-9]{3}[A-Z]{2}[0-9]{3} /)
Is there any thing wrong with this ?
Kamali
>>> fliptop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/26/02 08:54AM >>>
Kamali Muthukrishnan wrote:
> Hi guys :
> I have serial numbers with a pattern : 3 numbers followed by 2 capital letters
>followed by 3 numbers.
> To validate this -
> if ($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/
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