Escape them by doing \. instead of . You might also have to escape the escape character too, i.e. \\. instead.
2009/2/9 Manu Dhanda <[email protected]>: > > So, how can I exactly match "." OR "-" character correctly? > > > Guy Morton wrote: >> >> In regexp syntax, "." means "match any character" >> >> On 06/02/2009, at 1:37 PM, Manu Dhanda wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Guyz, >>> I am having this particular issue and at the moment not able to come >>> out >>> with a solution. >>> Any help or direction to solution would be great. >>> >>> var someStr:String = "12-88"; >>> var str:String = "12.88"; >>> var bool:Boolean = someStr.match(new RegExp("str",'i'); >>> >>> Here, the match returns true. >>> I don't understand why "-" is being matched to "." returning TRUE. >>> >>> -Manu. >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://www.nabble.com/Flex-RegExp-issues-tp21865562p21865562.html >>> Sent from the FlexCoders mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Flex-RegExp-issues-tp21865562p21905244.html > Sent from the FlexCoders mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Alternative FAQ location: > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links > > > >
