On 16/09/2007, Paul McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 16, 10:18 am, "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd like to filter spam from a certain company. Here are examples of > > strings found in their spam: > > Mega Dik > > Mega D1k > > MegaDik > > Mega. Dik > > M eg ad ik > > M E _G_A_D_ IK > > M_E_G. ADI. K > > > > I figured that this regex would match all but the second example, yet > > it matches none: > > |[^a-z]m[^a-z]e[^a-z]g[^a-z]a[^a-z]d[^a-z]i[^a-z]k[^a-z]|i > > > > What would be the regex that matches "megadik" regardless of whatever > > characters are sprinkled throughout? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Dotan > > Or you could try using "MegaRegex"! I do and my girlfriend can't stop > talking about it! :) >
Hehe, thanks Paul. I should have though of the * myself... Got the job done. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
