Re: Pattern mattching

Hi,

$ perl -e '$str = "+000000"; $match = $str =~ /^\+\d{6}/;
print "MATCH\n" if($match);'
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prints:

MATCH
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Regards,
Edward

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Re^2: Pattern mattching by Anonymous Monk on May 30, 2005 at 07:22 UTC
It fails for $str ='+0000001';	[reply]
Re^3: Pattern mattching by monkfan (Curate) on May 30, 2005 at 07:25 UTC
But you said it is fixed to "six digits". This should work, for any number of digits: `$match = $str =~ /^\+\d+/;` [download] Regards, Edward	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Pattern mattching by Anonymous Monk on May 30, 2005 at 07:32 UTC
What I ment to say was that it returns true even if there are more that 6 digits. I need to validate exactly six (6) digits.	[reply]
Re^5: Pattern mattching by holli (Abbot) on May 30, 2005 at 07:44 UTC
Re^3: Pattern mattching by tilly (Archbishop) on May 30, 2005 at 07:31 UTC
The pattern +000000 is in that string. Did you want it to match only if the whole string fits the pattern? If so then `/^\+\d{6}\z/` should work.	[reply] [d/l]