in reply to Re^4: Regex for weird characters
in thread Regex for weird characters

No, you aren't. Thus the reason that your a-z0-9 works fine. As a contribution to the thread: 
# cat match.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl -l

while (<DATA>) {
   chomp;
   print "$_ " . (/[^a-z0-9!\@#\$%^&*(),.?~:;<>+ =_'"-]/ ? "contains w
+eird stuff":"is fine");
}

__DATA__
funky town
^-^
b*
f1
top`
# perl match.pl
funky town is fine
^-^ is fine
b* is fine
f1 is fine
top` contains weird stuff
#

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Re^6: Regex for weird characters
by sulfericacid (Deacon) on Sep 27, 2004 at 16:25 UTC
    I thought a-z0-9 was different because you're given a range of characters instead of singly adding them yourself.

    Thanks for correcting my code though.



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