OK. I assume that you understand the while loop part of it, so just the regex: 

 $interest !~ /  # match against $interest (negated)
   ^     # start of line 
   -?    # optional minus sign
   \.?   # optional decimal point
   \d+   # 1 or more digits
   (?:     # start non-capturing group (i.e. not $1)
      \.     # decimal point
      \d+    # 1 or more digits
   )?      # end of group -- match 0 or 1 times
   $     # end of line
 /x; # end of regex (the /x modifier allows
     # comments in the regex -- can be useful)

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So thats what the regex does. But it doesn't look quite right for its stated purpose -- for example, your numbers could have two decimal points. --Dave

In reply to Re: What does this regex do? by dpuu
in thread What does this regex do? by sulfericacid

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