Number one will match: \d+\x3a1108 or \w+\x3a1108 at least once
Number two will match: (\d+\x3a1108|\w+\x3a1108) at least once so yes the {1,} outside means the whole thing and {1,} inside means only the part after the or (pipe '|' sign) unless my regex skills are completely deserting me after a whole day of work... Regards, Rob On 1/31/07, oryann9 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In this regexp my $regexp = qr/(\d+\x3a1108 |\w+\x3a1108{1,} ) /; vs. my $regexp1 = qr/(\d+\x3a1108 |\w+\x3a1108){1,} /; does the {1,} construct outside the parens () mean the entire string 1 or more times and within the parens mean only the last string \x3s1180 1 or more times? What is the diff? thank you. --------------------------------- Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos.