On Thu, 22 Jun 2006, Ramprasad wrote: > Is the Evilnumbers ruleset not too heavy > > But the numbers are also mangled > eg > 1-22-33 could be written in numerous ways just adding spaces in between > randomly > I am doing regex match something like > /1 *- *2 *2 *- *3 *3 */ > > Any inputs ?
Yes, as SA collapses multiple spaces down to a single space (in 'body' tests), you only need to look for a single instance of the space, not an unlimited number. Also you can omit that final ' *' as it's an optional "tail" match, thus the rule will work without it. IE: /1 ?- ?2 ?2 ?- ?3/ -- Dave Funk University of Iowa <dbfunk (at) engineering.uiowa.edu> College of Engineering 319/335-5751 FAX: 319/384-0549 1256 Seamans Center Sys_admin/Postmaster/cell_admin Iowa City, IA 52242-1527 #include <std_disclaimer.h> Better is not better, 'standard' is better. B{