Teja wrote: > HI all, > > I need to write a regular experssion for a string which satisfies the > following a criteria : > > 1) it should start with an alphabet > 2) it can contain alphabets/digits/_ from second character > 3) it can contain "[a-z]" or "[0-9]" at the end. but this is optional > > can any one please help me out.... pls.... > > > Teja.P >
This is as general as could be constructed given your vague requirements: "[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_]+" You may need to provide examples. James -- James Stroud UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics Box 951570 Los Angeles, CA 90095 http://www.jamesstroud.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
