On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 05:05:07PM +0000, Angus Leeming wrote: > On Thursday 25 September 2003 3:56 pm, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 04:52:14PM +0000, Angus Leeming wrote: > > > Ahhh. I could take each \([0-9]\{4\}\) block and split it into two: > > > \([0-9]\{2\}\)\([0-9]\{2\}\) > > > > \([0-9][0-9]\) > > > > is simpler to understand for the casual reader and not longer. > > Ok. But is the idea valid? "1234" -> "12"
Why not? Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson or B. Franklin or both...)