Re: [PHP-DB] problem in parsing

2002-08-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, J-E-N wrote: Hi! This one: $exp = "description=whatever\namount=23.50\nquantity=2\n"; if (preg_match("/amount=([0-9]{1,9}\.[0-9]{1,9})(\n)/", $exp,$amt)) { print $amt[1]; } will output "23.50" and this one: $exp = "description=whatever\namount=23.50\nquantity=2\n"; if

[PHP-DB] problem in parsing

2002-08-09 Thread J-E-N
if i have the following script, $exp = "description=whatever\namount=23.50\nquantity=2\n"; if (eregi("(amount)(.*)(\n)", $exp,$amt)) { print $amt[0]; } the output will be namount=23.50\nquantity=2\n what will i do so that the output value will be 23.50 only. thanks =) jen