On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 14:36:01 -0500 , Ned Cunningham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
I am trying to check for a valid year in a field.
The data is :
02chevy
02 chevy
2chevy
chevy
my regex is as follows but does not work-
$newyr
02chevy
02 chevy
2chevy
chevy
my regex is as follows but does not work-
$newyr = substr($yr[0],0,2);
if ($newyr =~ /([0-9])/) {
It is not catching the second number correctly.
are you just trying to match 2 digits in the substr?
Try if ($newyr =~ /( \d{2} )/)
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To
are you just trying to match 2 digits in the substr?
Try if ($newyr =~ /( \d{2} )/)
get rid of the spaces, it was just for clarity. or use /x to ignore the
spaces
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