You'll need to escape the period.
$_ =~ /\d+\.\d+/; -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 5:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: how to recognize a number with regex? hi what do a regex look like that only matches numbers of the format (the length of the number doesnt matter its the . thats the problem) 1233.1234 or 1234 martin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
