[thelist] Write Only Perl Question...
Marty Landman
marty at face2interface.com
Tue Aug 28 16:40:25 CDT 2001
At 04:49 PM 8/28/01 -0400, you wrote:
>if ($verify_new_users && $FORM{'action'} =~ /^\w{2}\d{7}$/) { ...bla bla bla }
Hi Mike.
I love this kind of stuff... is that cuz I'm left handed?
It says, if the variable $verify_new_users is set to a non-zero value (I
think, I use 'and' myself)
and
if the value of $FORM{'action'} is two alphanumerics followed by 7 numerics
then bla bla bla
^ means from the beginning
\w means a-z, A-Z, 0-9 (a word char)
{n} means n occurances of
\d means a digit
$ means at the end
RegEx' are admittedly a big pain in the butt to learn, at least I thought
so. But they can be sooo cool once you get handle on them. Check out the
Camel Book from O'Reilly when you get a chance.
hth,
Marty
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