Posted by jim on 09/16/05 15:18

I recommend regexplorer.


www.douglassdavis.com wrote:

> I am using the preg_match function (in PHP) that uses perl regular
> expressions. Apparently I don't really understand regular expressions
> though. Could some one explain this?
>
> If this is the regular expression
>
> /^\s*(\d+\.\d+)|(\.\d+)|(\d+)\s*$/
>
> How does this:
>
> 40:26:46.302N 79:56:55.903W
>
> match? I thought when I added the ^ and $ that meant it had to match
> the whole thing? It seems to only be matching .302

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