On Wednesday 28 August 2002 15:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hi all,
>
> i'm trying to create an script that cut's the text when a "." ( dot ) is
> found in one of the last words..
>
> i'm trying it with preg_match but it seems not to work.
>
> this is what i'm trying :
>
> if($i==15) {
>    if(preg_match("/./",$text2[15])) {
>        $text3 .= "($i $text2[15] )";
>        break;
>    }
> }
>
> could some one tell me what i'm doing wrong?

The period (.) has a special meaning within regexes, it matches any character. 
Read manual for full details.

You need to escape special characters using a backslash ie:

 "/\./"

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