On 1/27/06, Keith Worthington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > I have tried a couple of things but I am struggling with how to optionally > match the decimal point. > > I think what I need is the code equivilant of: > zero or more numbers followed by > zero or one decimal point followed by > one or more numbers followed by > either ' or " snip
Take a look at Regexp::Common (http://search.cpan.org/~abigail/Regexp-Common-2.120/lib/Regexp/Common.pm). What you want is $RE{num}{real} out of that package. It will match any real number. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
