removing two words and integer

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Trace 118.676 71.568 125.229 71.568 of size 0.254 on Net +5.0V overlaps

In the above line, I need to remove "of size 0.254 (this could be any numbers)" from the line. I tried:

s/of size [0-1000]//g;
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But I suspect that since there is decimal point here, that the "0.254" is percieved as a string?
How do I get rid of the numbers even if they are 0.254 or 254? as well as the words "of size"?

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Re: removing two words and integer by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 02, 2004 at 17:32 UTC
`s/of size [0-9.]+//g;` `[0-1000]` means "any characters between '0' and '1', or a '0', or a '0', or a '0'".	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: removing two words and integer by si_lence (Deacon) on Sep 02, 2004 at 17:56 UTC
use something like `s/size of [\d\.]+//;` [download] and I may suggest that you read a bit about regualr expressions (perldoc perlretut for example) si_lence	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: removing two words and integer by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 02, 2004 at 18:12 UTC
There's no need to escape the `.` with `\` inside of `[]`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: removing two words and integer by si_lence (Deacon) on Sep 02, 2004 at 18:18 UTC
You are -of course - right. My bad. Not my day today.. si_lence (embarrassed of giving advise while making mistakes)	[reply]