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Posted by Rik on 05/27/06 15:38
robert wrote:
> "Rich" <rich@newsguy.com> wrote in message
> news:e5274n042f@drn.newsguy.com...
>> On Wed, 24 May 2006 03:48:14 GMT, Neeper wrote...
>>>
>>> I've got this pattern that I am using but how would I incorporate
>>> allowance of dashes(-)?
>>>
>>> $mixedPattern = '[^A-Za-z0-9\.\,\'\#[:space:]]';
>>>
>>>
>>> TIA
>>
>> If it's similar to the regex in Perl, I believe you put the dash
>> last in the group so that is isn't interpreted as a special
>> characters (such as the A-Z range).
>>
>> Rich
>
> somewhat true...it only needs to be escaped in a character
> class...i.e. [^\-] ... otherwise, it's just plain ol' -
Oh no, not that discussion again :-).
In PHP, both:
'[^A-Za-z0-9\.\,\'\#[:space:]-]'
and
'[^A-Za-z0-9\.\,\'\#[:space:]\-]'
will work.
I'm NOT going to say wether one is better, preferred, or 'standard'..... :P
Grtz
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Rik Wasmus
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