Re: Resolved: Good Name Filtering regex

2002-11-26 Thread George Schlossnagle
Hyphenated names don't cut it in your world. Or names with attached qualifiers like 'Jr.'. Or titles like ', M.D.' So Pei Wu-Schlossnagle, PhD. Chuck Tomasi wrote: One of my cohorts pointed me in the right direction. I should have known this from previous experience. if ($st !~ /^[a-zA-Z

Resolved: Good Name Filtering regex

2002-11-26 Thread Chuck Tomasi
One of my cohorts pointed me in the right direction. I should have known this from previous experience. if ($st !~ /^[a-zA-Z \']+$/) { print "$st: bad chars found\n"; } else { print "$st: OK\n"; } A simple "^" at the beginning and "$" at the end. Thanks to all who assisted with