I was wrong, I forgot that the "^$" symbols are part of the expression, and thus I needed an extra set of parens around everything but those two characters to get the desired result.
Sorry for the trouble, Eitan -----Original Message----- From: Eitan Katznelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 2:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Correct me if im wrong Hi, I am using the reg-exp1.2 libraries and the following regular expression: ^([0-9]?[0-9]?[0-9](,[0-9]{3})+)|([0-9]+)$ to match user input for validation (Basically a positive number possibly with commas). when I run the input 123,12 it is accepted when I run the input 123,123a it is accepted when I run the input 123,12a it is rejected. >From what I know about regular expressions none of the above should match, Can anyone explain why this is happening?? Thanks, Eitan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
