> On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 04:35:11PM -0500, Maurice Reeves wrote: > > not quite. \w matches _ also, and he didn't have > > that in his list. > > > > how about > > $searchstring =~ /^[a-z0-9]+/i; > > I'm not sure why you're both anchoring the pattern. He didn't specify it > had to start with a letter or number, he said it needs to be in the string. > > $searchstring =~ /[a-z0-9]/i;
Why slow it down with the 'i'? $searchstring=~/[a-zA-Z0-9]/; Shawn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
