ID: 33259
User updated by: admin at ninthcircuit dot info
Reported By: admin at ninthcircuit dot info
Status: Open
Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: Linux
PHP Version: 5.0.4
New Comment:
In the submission where it says "Pound: foo# {Returns...}" Ignore the
part where it shows only "foo" .. as this is not a valid matching
result to the specification I supplied for "#".
Thanks
Previous Comments:
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[2005-06-07 03:07:37] admin at ninthcircuit dot info
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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