"DeeDee Messersmith" schreef:
> I have strings such as the following:
>
> .INSERT,SCREW THREAD..
>
> I need the leading dots but not the trailing. As you see it has
> commas and spaces in it so the traditional \w doesn't work. the .*
> doesn't work as it picks up the trailing dots. T
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 5:02 PM, DeeDee Messersmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have strings such as the following:
>
> .INSERT,SCREW THREAD..
>
> I need the leading dots but not the trailing. As you see it has commas and
> spaces in it so the traditional \w doesn't work. the .* doe
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 5:02 PM, DeeDee Messersmith
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have strings such as the following:
>
> .INSERT,SCREW THREAD..
>
> I need the leading dots but not the trailing. As you see it has commas and
> spaces in it so the traditional \w doesn't work. the .* doe
I have strings such as the following:
.INSERT,SCREW THREAD..
I need the leading dots but not the trailing. As you see it has commas and
spaces in it so the traditional \w doesn't work. the .* doesn't work as it
picks up the trailing dots. The result I want back is:
.INSERT,SCREW TH
