I couldn't get it to work. Will the sub run as is? Is the :alpha: suppose
to be there or replace it?
> On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 11:58:31PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> here's the rules:
>> starts with alphanumeric
>> 4 chars long
>> require one period
>>
>> /^[a-zA-Z][\w\-\.]{3,}$/
>
> I wouldn't try to do it with one regex. You can probably come
> up with one, but the next time you have to read this code, you'll
> wish you'd spelled out the three conditions individually.
>
> sub validate {
> local $_ = shift;
> return length == 4 # 4 chars long
> and tr/.// == 1 # require one period
> and /^[[:alpha:]]/ # starts with a letter
> }
>
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> Steve
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