in reply to Re: Help with Regular Expressions and Perl
in thread Help with Regular Expressions and Perl

There are hundreds of characters on which your program will fail. Please do realize that /\d/ is not a short cut for /[0-9]/. In fact, /\d/ is a short cut (in 5.10.1, 5.12 is likely to have more characters) for:

/[0123456789٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹߀߁߂߃߄߅߆߇߈߉०१२३४५६७८९০১২৩৪৫৬৭৮৯੦੧੨੩੪੫੬੭੮੯૦૧૨૩૪૫૬૭૮૯୦୧୨୩୪୫୬୭୮୯௦௧௨௩௪௫௬௭௮௯౦౧౨౩౪౫౬౭౮౯೦೧೨೩೪೫೬೭೮೯൦൧൨൩൪൫൬൭൮൯๐๑๒๓๔๕๖๗๘๙໐໑໒໓໔໕໖໗໘໙༠༡༢༣༤༥༦༧༨༩၀၁၂၃၄၅၆၇၈၉႐႑႒႓႔႕႖႗႘႙០១២៣៤៥៦៧៨៩᠐᠑᠒᠓᠔᠕᠖᠗᠘᠙᥆᥇᥈᥉᥊᥋᥌᥍᥎᥏᧐᧑᧒᧓᧔᧕᧖᧗᧘᧙᭐᭑᭒᭓᭔᭕᭖᭗᭘᭙᮰᮱᮲᮳᮴᮵᮶᮷᮸᮹᱀᱁᱂᱃᱄᱅᱆᱇᱈᱉᱐᱑᱒᱓᱔᱕᱖᱗᱘᱙꘠꘡꘢꘣꘤꘥꘦꘧꘨꘩꣐꣑꣒꣓꣔꣕꣖꣗꣘꣙꤀꤁꤂꤃꤄꤅꤆꤇꤈꤉꩐꩑꩒꩓꩔꩕꩖꩗꩘꩙0123456789𐒠𐒡𐒢𐒣𐒤𐒥𐒦𐒧𐒨𐒩𝟎𝟏𝟐𝟑𝟒𝟓𝟔𝟕𝟖𝟗𝟘𝟙𝟚𝟛𝟜𝟝𝟞𝟟𝟠𝟡𝟢𝟣𝟤𝟥𝟦𝟧𝟨𝟩𝟪𝟫𝟬𝟭𝟮𝟯𝟰𝟱𝟲𝟳𝟴𝟵𝟶𝟷𝟸𝟹𝟺𝟻𝟼𝟽𝟾𝟿]/