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 Posted by Rik on 06/26/06 13:18 
McHenry wrote: 
> Why could we not simply have used as this is what I tried and it 
> didn't work ? 
> <h3>.*?(?P<field2>[0-9\.,]*).*?</h3> 
 
1. It matches a single dot or comma, not desired. 
2. It matches 'nothing' (* = 0 or more) 
 
In <h3>.*?(?P<field2>[0-9]+[0-9\.,]*).*?</h3>, we use [0-9]+ to say: once 
you have found at least 1 number, and maybe more, capture all numbers, 
comma's and dot's. 
 
Grtz, 
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Rik Wasmus
 
  
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