That "*" means 0 or more, could you change it to "+" meaning 1 or more? Since there has to be a number? Regex is not my strong suit either
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:21 PM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > Rats...it still allows just a single dash "-" > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Ok, here's what I've got so far before my meeting: >> >> ^[0-9\.-][0-9\.]* >> >> That says: start with a single character that is numeric, a period or >> a negative, then followed by any number of characters that is numeric >> or a period. >> >> This seems to completely match 0.34, -0.34, -.34, .34 but fail for >> .3-4, Q34 etc. >> >> Judah >> >> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 9:37 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> Hmm...would you want to make sure that there is a number between the >> >> dash and period? Would -.34 be valid? I'm trying to work on a regex >> >> (not my strong suit) while I wake up. >> >> >> > >> > No, we wouldn't need a number between them, since "negative thirty four >> > one-hundreths" is a perfectly acceptable number. >> > >> > I appreciate your time Judah. >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:336564 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
