Another good module for helping you understand what a complicated regex MEANS (which 
will help you know how to fix it) is YAPE::Regex::Explain.  It also helps with some 
issues where a regex may be working, but not for the reason you think.

        -----Original Message----- 
        From: Jerry Preston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
        Sent: Mon 7/12/2004 6:32 PM 
        To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Gunnar Hjalmarsson' 
        Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
        Subject: RE: Regex for numbers and text
        
        

        Jeff,
        
        What needs to be changed in /(-?\d+\.?\d*)/ so that it also see number like
        .59?

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