Posted by Rik on 01/21/07 02:18

windandwaves wrote:
> How can I write the thing below as a regular expression
> (preg_replace)?
>
> $array = array("-0", "-1", "-2", "-3", "-4");
> $key = str_replace($array, "", $key);

I would normally not use a regular expression for this (str_replace is
often faster), but here you go:

preg_replace('/-[0-4]/','',$key);

> I am trying to learn regular expressions, but I find them hard and
> this seems like a really simple place to start....

http://regularexpressions.info

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Rik Wasmus

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