On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 12:06:02 -0700, you wrote: >In a character class, how do you include open and closed blocks? Ive tried >this, > >[a-z0-9_.[\]!><]+ > >and it doesnt work. I have also tried this, > >[a-z0-9_.\[\]!><]+ > >and it too doesn't work. I want my character class to include any digits, >alphabet characters, an underscore, a period, an exclamation mark, a >greater than and less than symbol, AND an open block and closed block >symbol. Any help would be appreciated.
The "]" is not special when it appears at the beginning of a character class, so the following will work nicely: [][a-z\d_.!<>] If you want uppercase letters as well, you can simplify this further: [][\w.!<>] -- Eric Amick Columbia, MD _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
