At 09:07 AM 9/21/05 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> You state that there must be a NON numeric at end of >> line. I would have \D* or \D*$. > >Excellent suggestion. I shall implement it forthwith.
Actually, to make sure ur string ends with a non-numeric u need \D$ not \D*$. \D* matches 0 or more non-digits. That is used for cases where a string could end in "\D" but doesn't *have* to. C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>perl $bob = "abc123"; print "non-number end\n" if $bob =~ m/.+\D*$/; ******* non-number end -- REMEMBER THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ---=< WTC 911 >=-- "...ne cede malis" 00000100 _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
