The ? meta-character is used for matching zero or one occurence of the
preceding character , in this case , l .
T'his means that you'll match all words that begin with 'Wi' and continue
with one or zero 'l' .
HTH
Sorin Ifrim
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From: Dhaval Desai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 7:23 AM
Subject: [PHP] REgular expression....difficult is it?
> Hi!
>
>
> I am not able to understand this REgular expression.
>
> /Wil?/
>
> would match "Winnie", "Wimpy" "Wilson" and "William",
> though not "Wendy" or "Wolf".
>
> Howz taht..?
>
>
> Can anybody explain me please.
>
> Thank You!
> Dhaval Desai
>
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