Posted by Jochem Maas on 09/27/05 10:43

Jasper Bryant-Greene wrote:
> David Pollack wrote:
>
>> Ok, so this is the actual code that I'm using.
>>
>> <?
>>
>> $string = "( 334, -53.44) ( 111 , 222 )";
>> $testStr = $string;
>> // $string = str_replace(" ", "", $string);
>> preg_match_all("-?([\d]+)?(\.[\d]+)?",$string, $matches);
>
>
> preg_match_all("/-?([\d]+)?(\.[\d]+)?/", $string, $matches);

^--------------------^---------delimiters

you can use almost any char you like (beware of chars that have
special), use the same at the
start and end, you can't use your chosen delimiter in the
expression without escaping it (backslashing).

pop quiz:

preg_match_all("#rufus#i", $string, $matches);
^
\--- what is this?
>

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