m/^[a-zA-Z]{0,20} [A-Za-z]{0,20}$/x
m/^[a-zA-Z]{0,20}\s [A-Za-z]{0,20}$/
Ofcourse, the +,?,* and so on could be used also for determing the character count.
m/^\'$/
Maybe this helps you.
Cheers
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From: Chuck Tomasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Wanted: Good Name Filtering regex Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 05:56:40 -0600 (CST)System Specs ============ Perl 5.6.1 (dev) 5.8.0 (prod) Mac OS X 10.2.2 (dev) NetBSD 1.5.2 (prod) MySQL 3.23.52 I'm writing a web form to accept user applications. Like most programs, I'd like to keep the garbage characters out to limit hacking attempts. I want to verify the firstname and last name fall within some guidelines. I realize there is a wealth of exceptions, but this program is designed to be used largely by my family. That isn't to say that others on the net will try and hack it. I was wondering if anyone could help me come up with a good regular expression to allow only letters, spaces, and apostrophes (e.g. O'Donnell, Van Linden would be valid). I'm not quite clear on how to do exceptions. Ex: if ($st contains anything other than [a-zA-Z\s\']) { &Error("Stick with letters, spaces, and apostrophes please."); return 0; } Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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