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in thread validation of posted data.

I've found 
if ($display =~ /[^\-a-z0-9\.]/) {
  #err
}

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to be easiere to read most of the time.
Also if you _read_ the code, Yours says: unless $display is all good chars make an error. Where this says: If there are any illegal chars make an error. I find the latter easiere to understand.

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Now appearing as itself... "."!
by BorgCopyeditor (Friar) on Aug 01, 2002 at 04:27 UTC

    Kind of a tangent, here, but isn't "." acceptable by itself (i.e., unescaped) in a character class, since its function as a metacharacter there wouldn't make much sense?

    BCE
    --Your punctuation skills are insufficient!

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      Yes I believe it is, but I find it easiere to see that a literal period is required when it is escaped instead of examining the context and determening it from there.

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