regular Expression

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Re: regular Expression by Transient (Hermit) on Jun 28, 2005 at 14:16 UTC
`/[^\x00-\x7F]/`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: regular Expression by kaif (Friar) on Jun 28, 2005 at 15:02 UTC
Also known as `/[\x80-\xFF]/` ? Update: It's a question ... really.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: regular Expression by Transient (Hermit) on Jun 28, 2005 at 15:10 UTC
Sure, unless you're using Unicode.	[reply]
Re: regular Expression by Ido (Hermit) on Jun 28, 2005 at 14:20 UTC
You could use the POSIX character class: `/[:^ascii:]/`. Check perlre.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: regular Expression by ambrus (Abbot) on Jun 29, 2005 at 08:52 UTC
You need double brackets. `/[^[:ascii:]]/g` [download] or `/[[:^ascii:]]/g` [download] (Update: check perlre)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: regular Expression by ghenry (Vicar) on Jun 28, 2005 at 14:17 UTC
Have a read through the regular expression Tutorials Walking the road to enlightenment... I found a penguin and a camel on the way..... Fancy a yourname@perl.me.uk? Just ask!!!	[reply]
Re: regular Expression by fmerges (Chaplain) on Jun 28, 2005 at 14:28 UTC
Hi, Once you get familiar with regular expressions, take a look at Regexp::Common Regards, :-)	[reply]
Re: regular Expression by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 28, 2005 at 15:15 UTC
If you meant non-ASCII characters and non-displayable ASCII characters, then use `/[^\x20-\x7E]/`.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: regular Expression by Tanktalus (Canon) on Jun 28, 2005 at 22:33 UTC
This looks like `/[[:print:]]/` to me.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: regular Expression by l.frankline (Hermit) on Jun 29, 2005 at 15:09 UTC
`try` `$_ =~ /[^\w\d\s]+/;` `* Frank *`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Regular expression by emav (Pilgrim) on Jun 29, 2005 at 10:37 UTC
Try `/[^!-~\s]/g` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Regular expression by davorg (Chancellor) on Jun 29, 2005 at 11:18 UTC
That doesn't really do what the original poster asked for tho' does it? Ascii characters are those with a character code between 0 and 128. Your code only checks for character codes between 33 and 126 (plus a few whitespace characters). To match _all_ non-ascii characters you really need something like: `/[^\x00-\x7f]/` [download] -- <http://www.dave.org.uk> "The first rule of Perl club is you do not talk about Perl club." -- Chip Salzenberg	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Regular expression by Anonymous Monk on Jun 29, 2005 at 10:52 UTC
Marvellous!It works Fine but pls explain me emav	[reply]
Re^3: Regular expression by emav (Pilgrim) on Jun 29, 2005 at 11:44 UTC
^ = exclude !-~ = all characters between ! and ~ \s = or spaces g = search globally As davorg has pointed out, mine is a rough regex but I use it often to find non-English characters in my xml files, as it not only works embedded in a perl script but also with editors that use perl-based regex's such as my favourite Unired.	[reply]