hi tom, yes thanks i didn't realise that!!! that is making it too complicated!
so i have changed it to the following but now it is throwing passing back a value of 1, on the following regalar expression: "^[\+|-]?[0-9][0-9]*(\.[0-9][0-9]*)$" for the value 10.00 do you have any idea why it is doing this? thanks richard > On Tuesday 07 Oct 2008, Richard White wrote: > > i have used negative lookahead > > This makes things very complicated. > > > isnt part of the regular expression, and therefore have the > following code > > to test for an error: > > Why not use a simpler reg exp with out the look ahead (such as > /[+-]?[0-9] > [0-9]*.[0-9][0-9]*/) and just check to see if it matches or not ? > > -- > Tom Chiverton > Helping to interactively integrate deliverables > > > > **************************************************** > > This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. > > Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in > England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered > office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, > Manchester, M3 3EB. A list of members is available for inspection at > the registered office. Any reference to a partner in relation to > Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP. Regulated by The > Solicitors Regulation Authority. > > CONFIDENTIALITY > > This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above > and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the > addressee you must not read it and must not use any information > contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells > LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have > received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells > LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. > > For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:313542 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
