On Feb 11, Stuart Clark said:
>I am trying to match a 14 digit number When i use this regular
>expression i match a 14 digit number and any number over 14 digits.
>
>$somestring = ~ '/d{14}';
First of all, I doubt that's what you used. If it is, it's sorely broken.
$somestring =~ /\d{14}/;
But what you really want is:
$somestring =~ /^\d{14}\z/;
The ^ and \z anchors require the match to consist only of 14 digits.
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