Your regex did not allow (w2k-server-proxy2) a valid dns name.
I now see how complex it is to match valid ips or dns names.
The more I try to modify the regex to perfection, the more I see
hopholes. So I think it is not worthwhile spending lot of time on this
regex. My script does more than patte
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004, K.Prabakar wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Babale Fongo wrote:
>
> > K.Prabakar's suggestion looks good but also failed the test:
> >
> > "$_ =~ /^\w\w*-?\w+?[\.\w\w*-?\w+?]*$/",
> >
> > It will match an invalid dns name like this (host-.domain.com) as a valid.
> > I'm stil
On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 15:06, K.Prabakar wrote:
> > example below, it fails to match "host-no.top-level" as a valid host
> > name. I modify the regex several times - but still don't get the right
> > outlook.
> >
> > my @hosts = qw(192.168.22.1 192.168.22.18 localhost another.host.domain
> > host-n
> Hi,
>
> My original regex to match ips is this:
> "$_ =~ /^\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}/;", which is ok. But matching dns name
> is still a problem.
>
For some definitions of "ok". Seen an IP like: 987.654.321.0 ?? Or how
about, 255.255.255.255.1.3.4.5.6 ?? I am assuming you had at least fou
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> "K" == K Prabakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
K> Try this > $_ =~ /^\w\w*-?\w+?[\.\w\w*-?\w+?]*$/
"Try" is usually a good clue to mean "This is not your solution".
In this case, you've got all sorts of stuff going on in a character class.
Wrong stuff. "Try" again. Please.
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Randal
> "Steve" == Steve Bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Steve> I'm just beginning to learn a bit about some of the more obscure
Steve> regex's, but I'd like to ask if this following regex would ensure no
Steve> IP's got trapped in the @dns array? (Assuming that no .tld ends in a
Steve> \d):
S
>
>> example below, it fails to match "host-no.top-level" as a valid host
>> name. I modify the regex several times - but still don't get the
>> right
>> outlook.
>>
>> my @hosts = qw(192.168.22.1 192.168.22.18 localhost
>> another.host.domain
>> host-no.top-level my.host.domain.com);
>> foreach (@
> example below, it fails to match "host-no.top-level" as a valid host
> name. I modify the regex several times - but still don't get the right
> outlook.
>
> my @hosts = qw(192.168.22.1 192.168.22.18 localhost another.host.domain
> host-no.top-level my.host.domain.com);
> foreach (@hosts){
>
