Re: Regex question : How to match \w and just the dash

Think I have a glimmering... but just barely... of what your input might be. Input, please, and if ([A-Za-z\-])+ is not the desired out, a sample of that too? In fact, a tight sample of the script would make it MUCH easier to try to help.

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Re^2: Regex question : How to match \w and just the dash by hmbscully (Scribe) on Dec 17, 2004 at 21:38 UTC
I'll give the offered solutions a go, they make sense. I did not realize that \W included the underscore. Nice to know. The input will be name and address fields on an order form.	[reply]
Re^3: Regex question : How to match \w and just the dash by Cody Pendant (Prior) on Dec 18, 2004 at 02:21 UTC
The input will be name and address fields on an order form. Then won't they contain spaces? ($_='kkvvttuubbooppuuiiffssqqffssmmiibbddllffss') =~y~b-v~a-z~s; print	[reply]
Re^3: Regex question : How to match \w and just the dash by dakkar (Hermit) on Dec 18, 2004 at 14:07 UTC
Just nit-picking, but keep in mind that `\w` and `\W` are not the same thing (note the case / capitalization). In fact, they are each other's complement: a character matched by `\w` will not be matched by `\W`, and vice versa. -- dakkar - Mobilis in mobile Most of my code is tested... Perl is strongly typed, it just has very few types (Dan)	[reply]