Diez B. Roggisch wrote:
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> You could use another regular expressin, e.g. like this:
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> rex = re.compile(r"^((\d)|(1\d{1,2})|(2[0-5]\d))$")This approach would actually work without the need for subsequent validation, if implemented properly. Not only as you noted does it let "259" through, but also it doesn't cover 2-digit numbers starting with 2. Assuming excess leading zeroes are illegal, the components required are: \d [1-9]\d 1\d\d 2[0-4]\d 25[0-5] > > This is of course only for one number. Extend it accordingly to the ip4 > address format. > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
