At 16:18 16.02.2003, Peter Gumbrell said:
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>Could someone please tell me why this code is not working:
>
>ereg ('^[A-H]*([0-9]+)-$', $rank, $matches);
> $workshop_ID = $matches[1][2};
>
>where $rank is something like C12-1 and I just need the C12 part.
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You're missing the "-1" part in your expression:
^ Your string begins
[A-H]* with no or more letters from A to H
([0-9]+) followed by one or more digits (grouped)
- followed by a dash
$ and the end or the string
Your pattern would match "C12-", but not "C12-1". If you only need the
"C12", your pattern should look something like
'^([A-H]*[0-9]+)-'
to return the complete letter/digit sequence at the beginning of the
string, up to (but not including) the dash. Omitting the '$' (string end)
character allows for anything after the dash.
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