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On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:57 AM, Juan Pablo Califano < califa010.flashcod...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > I don't think the regex is wrong. In fact, if you change uFFFF for a > smaller > number, it works fine. > > I have not tested each code point, mind you, but with a few tries, the > highest max range that works that I could find is 0xFEFF. > > The range 0xFF00 - 0xFFFF apparently is reserved for control stuff. So > 0xFEFF is the last value before that range. Not sure if the way the regex > behaves is a bug or a feature, really, but you can probably get by with > something like this: > > var testIsArabic:Boolean = /[\u0627-\ufeff]/.test(str.charAt(0)); > > Cheers > Juan Pablo Califano > > 2009/10/19 Matt Muller <matthewmul...@gmail.com> > > > Hi there, > > > > issue with regex when trying to test if a char is within a unicode range > > > > var testIsArabic:Boolean = /\u0627/.test(str.charAt(0)); // this works > > testing for arabic chars of unicode 0627 > > > > var testIsArabic:Boolean = /[\u0627-\uFFFF]/.test(str.charAt(0)); //// > this > > range does not work, returns false > > > > NOTE: the str.charAt(0) is 0627 > > > > any ideas? > > > > cheers, > > > > MaTT > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
