not quite. \w matches _ also, and he didn't have
that in his list.
how about
$searchstring =~ /^[a-z0-9]+/i;
>From: "Etienne Marcotte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Jesus Is Not Dead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: $searchstring help
>Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 16:27:30 -0500
>
>my try:
>
>if ($searchstring =~ /^\w+/) {...}
>
>I can't beleive you typed all the letters:P
>
>Etienne
>
>Jesus Is Not Dead wrote:
> >
> > hi
> > can anyone tell me how to short this...
> > if($searchstring =~ /A/i or $searchstring =~ /B/i or $searchstring =~
>/C/i
> > or $searchstring =~ /D/i or $searchstring =~ /E/i or $searchstring =~
>/F/i
> > or $searchstring =~ /G/i or $searchstring =~ /H/i or $searchstring =~
>/I/i
> > or $searchstring =~ /J/i or $searchstring =~ /K/i or $searchstring =~
>/L/i
> > or $searchstring =~ /M/i or $searchstring =~ /N/i or $searchstring =~
>/O/i
> > or $searchstring =~ /P/i or $searchstring =~ /Q/i or $searchstring =~
>/R/i
> > or $searchstring =~ /S/i or $searchstring =~ /T/i or $searchstring =~
>/U/i
> > or $searchstring =~ /V/i or $searchstring =~ /W/i or $searchstring =~
>/X/i
> > or $searchstring =~ /Y/i or $searchstring =~ /Z/i or $searchstring =~
>/0/i
> > or $searchstring =~ /1/i or $searchstring =~ /2/i or $searchstring =~
>/3/i
> > or $searchstring =~ /4/i or $searchstring =~ /5/i or $searchstring =~
>/6/i
> > or $searchstring =~ /7/i or $searchstring =~ /8/i or $searchstring =~
>/9/i)
> > {
> >
> > i want something like..
> > if $searchstring has at least 1 letter or number { commands... }
> >
> > Status []s
>
>--
>Etienne Marcotte
>Specifications Management - Quality Control
>Imperial Tobacco Ltd. - Montreal (Qc) Canada
>514.932.6161 x.4001
>
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