scooter schreef: > Can someone help me with the regexp that will match exactly two > quotes(') or no quotes in the string. > If a single quote exists, then will break out. > > eg: > aabbcc - Should Match > aa''bb''c''c - Should Match > a''b - Should Match > ab'' - Should Match > > > aa'bbcc - Should not Match > aa''bb'cc - Should not Match (since there is a single quote) > 'aabcc - Should not Match
Why use a regex? You can just test the evenness of the quotescount, see `perldoc -f tr`. A regex-way: m/\A(?:[^']*'[^']*')*[^']*\z/ -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/