Am Montag, den 06.10.2008, 15:14 -0700 schrieb Dejan Dimic:
> you can always use http://www.rubular.com/ to test your RexExp.
This Website does not work correctly.
g jo
>
> On Oct 6, 10:25 pm, "Johannes J. Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > eg /(\d+\.){0,1}\d+$/
> >
> > g jo
> >
> > Am Mittwoch, den 24.09.2008, 16:20 -0700 schrieb ressister:
> >
> > > Hi there, I'm trying to split a string using RegExp to extract a price
> > > from it. The price may or may not have a dollar sign in front of it
> > > and may or may not contain a decimal value. Below are some string
> > > examples of what the regular expression would need to handle to split
> > > out the price:
> >
> > > Example 1:
> > > "2 starbuck's coffees 9.99" <- price is 9.99
> >
> > > Example 2:
> > > "99 red baloons 175" <- price is 175
> >
> > > Example 3:
> > > "starbuck's coffee $9.99" <- price is 9.99
> >
> > > Example 4:
> > > "starbucks coffee 9" <- price is 9
> >
> > > So the trouble is: a) in Example 3, I can't count on the dollar sign
> > > being there all the time. Some instances it will, other instances it
> > > won't and b) in the case of Example 2, there may be a number at the
> > > start of the string of indeterminate length that I want to ignore
> > > since this could represent the quantity, not the price.
> >
> > > What would the RegExp look like that would split out the price?
> >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > > -A
> >
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