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in thread Regex trouble

Hey Russ,
That's close but I have to be able to match "r10" , "r10.5" , "rect20x50" or "rect20.5x50.5".
And in reality I the word char part of the string can be almost anything. And there may or may not be a second set of number chars. That's why I left the trailing "?" off of the regex.

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RE: RE: RE: Regex trouble
by Russ (Deacon) on May 17, 2000 at 03:15 UTC
    Hmmm,

    The trailing ? is what allows you to have (or not have) a second set of numbers.

    This regex works for all sample strings you provided. Feel free to post more information, and I'll help you however I can.

    Russ

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      Yes of course. I don't know what I was thinking... I musta had it confused with a trailing '$'. Thanks.
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