From: admin at ninthcircuit dot info
Operating system: Linux
PHP version: 5.0.4
PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description: & Integer Matching
Description:
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I was wondering what the PHP community would think of adding an "integer
matching" feature.
For instance, we have the asterisk ("*") and the question mark ("?") which
denote multiple wildcard matching and single wildcard matching,
respectively. Well, how about adding pound ("#") for multi-character
integer matching and ampersand ("&") for single integer matching as well?
Output synopsis of corresponding wildcard traits:
Asterisk: foo* {Returns: foo, foo1, foobar, fooasdf, etc.}
Question: foo? {Returns: foo1, fooA, foo^, foo>, foo#, etc.}
Ampersand: foo& {Returns: foo1, foo2, foo3, foo4, foo5, etc.}
Pound: foo# {Returns: foo1,foo234,foo10040,foo71, foo, etc.}
Note the exception in the pound symbol feature: Unlike the asterisk, a
pound being added to a regex indicates that AT LEAST one number must exist
in the compared string in order for it to match. Naturally the ampersand
follows this rule, also.
There are a variety of uses this new feature could have. Traversing arrays
with numeric indeces, searching a file, binary searches, etc.
Thanks
-M
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