On Nov 20, Marco Centemeri said: >How can I know if a variable is exactly 6 digit long?
if ($str =~ /\A\d{6}\z/) { ... } The \A matches the beginning of the string, \d{6} matches 6 digits, and the \z matches the end of the string. If you meant "characters" instead of "digits", don't use a regex at all. if (length($str) == 6) { ... } -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]