Re^3: need help with a regex

{,8} is perfectly valid it means a maximum of 8 times

{,8} is a perfectly valid string which in a regular expression matches the character '{' followed by the character ',' followed by the character '8' followed by the character '}'. Perhaps you are thinking of the quantifier {0,8}?

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Re^4: need help with a regex by aquinom (Sexton) on Oct 22, 2010 at 21:28 UTC
It is a quantifier in the context I wrote /VILMWFCA{8,}/ it's quantifying the number of residues to be at least 8 sequential residues from VILMFWCA.	[reply]
Re^5: need help with a regex by johngg (Canon) on Oct 22, 2010 at 22:08 UTC
I wrote /VILMWFCA{8,}/ ... kennethk has twice now pointed out your failure to use code tags. What's so difficult about wrapping <c> and </c> or <code> and </code> around your snippet so that your code renders properly? Cheers, JohnGG	[reply]