in reply to Match only certain characters?
use strict; my $a='ABCAAAABBBCCCCCAAABBBCCC'; my $b='ASRGRTGRT89579843rrrrrr'; print '$a matches',$/ if $a =~ /^[ABC]+$/; print '$b matches',$/ if $b =~ /^[ABC]+$/;
Update: The regex is anchored at the beginning and end of the string, and requires 1 or more of character class [ABC].
perl -MYAPE::Regex::Explain -e 'print YAPE::Regex::Explain->new(qr/^[A +BC]+$/)->explain;' The regular expression: (?-imsx:^[ABC]+$) matches as follows: NODE EXPLANATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (?-imsx: group, but do not capture (case-sensitive) (with ^ and $ matching normally) (with . not matching \n) (matching whitespace and # normally): ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ^ the beginning of the string ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [ABC]+ any character of: 'A', 'B', 'C' (1 or more times (matching the most amount possible)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- $ before an optional \n, and the end of the string ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ) end of grouping ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Update2:
Of course, this is not at all efficient, checking every character in the string to ensure it is one that you want. The responses below are much more efficient.
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