To match that I would do something like : 
my ($LowValue, $HighValue) = split("-", $form{'searchprice'});  #makes
+ the two values to compare $Price with
if ($desc =~ m/\$(\d{1,3},?[\d{3},?]*\.?\d{0,2})/) {
    my ($Price) = $1;  #sets $Price equal to the match in the regex
    $Price =~ s/,//g;  #Strips out all commas
    if (($LowValue <= $Price) && ($Price <= $HighValue)) {
    print "$desc\n";
    }
} else {
    print "No price found in $desc\n";
}

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The regular expression is assuming that all of the prices in the description will begin with a $, and that they are properly formatted in terms of money (no misplaced commas and such). I believe this will do what you are looking for.

Dave

In reply to Re: Search question : Price Regex by dfog
in thread Search question by SysAdm

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