yes. \w matches any "word" character = [a-zA-Z_0-9]. \W matches anything else. the /i makes no difference in this example (it does not make the regex /[\w\W][\W\w]/ as I think you may believe).

The following will not match:

• empty strings
• single character strings
• any 2 character string with a \W char followed by a \w char (e.g. '*f', '£L', '+3' etc.)
• any string > 2 chars comprised solely of \w or \W chars (e.g. 'abcdef', '%^£$' etc.)

Can't think of any more! Hope this helps - larryk

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