Try this:
^[ ]*[0-9]*[ ]*
This will also strip out any blank spaces at the beginning of the line.
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Anas Mughal
On 10/16/05, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I have a list like this:
> 235 Some info
> 12323 other 5 things
> No number on this line!
> 43 something or other
>
> I need to remove the first number from each line, so that I will get this:
> Some info
> other 5 things
> No number on this line!
> something or other
>
> So I tried:
> $data=preg_replace("//n[ ]*[0-9][ ]*/", "", $data);
>
> That is (I think): any amount of spaces, followed by any number,
> followed by any amount of spaces. This doesn't seem to be the way to
> do it. Anybody have a better idea? Thanks.
>
> Dotan
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