This may be of interest:

my @ranges = ('2..5,10..15', '2..5', 'die', '-2..5,10..15');
my $match = qr /^\d+\.{2}\d+(,\d+\.{2}\d+)*/;

print ((m|$match| ? "ok:       " : "Rejected: ") . "$_\n") for (@range
+s);

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No need to throw out the eval through pathalogical fear when validating the data in a simple fashion removes the danger of an exploit.

Perl is Huffman encoded by design.

In reply to Re^5: Iterate string like, for(1..5) i.e. $stirng="1..5"; for($string) by GrandFather
in thread Iterate string like, for(1..5) i.e. $stirng="1..5"; for($string) by gman

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