This one time, at band camp,
"1LT John W. Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > $a1="1,8,98,244,9,243,2,6,36,3,111,";
> >
> > $a2="8,98,244,9,243,2,1,6,36,3,111,";
> >
> > How can I exactly match "1," in both strings using one regular expression?
> > (first "1" is the first element and second time in a random position)?
> 
> if(preg_match('/(^|,)1(,|$)/',$str))
> { echo "one is found"; }

if(strstr($string, '1,') == 'FALSE){ 
  echo 'No match found';
  }else{
  echo 'Found a match';
  }

No need for costly regex

Kevin

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Kevin Waterson
Port Macquarie, Australia

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