If you want a single regex that matches either M123.5554 or 1234.435M, you need
to use the OR form (a|b):
([ML]\d+\.\d+|\d+\.\d+[ML])
where:
[ML] matches M or L
\d+ matches 1 or more digits
\. matches a .
-Fred
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On Jul 30, 2010, at 4:02 PM, Base wrote:
> Hi All -
>
> I am sure that this is an easy one, but I am stuck.
>
> I have a document that should have triplets of a letter (M or L)
> flllowed by 2 numbers. But the file has a ton of errors and often I
> find a number that would be
>
> M123.5554
> or 1234.435M
>
> i.e. - the letter gets appended to the end of the number.
>
> This seems like a great place to use regex....how would one craft a
> pattern for this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Base
>
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