From: "Ara.T.Howard" <Ara.T.Howard@...>
Date: 2005-08-07T12:31:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Regexp Help for  \W less [.-_]

On Sun, 7 Aug 2005, Trans wrote:

> Regexp help. How do I write "all non-alphanumeric characets except .
> (period) - (dash) and _ (underscore)"

   re = %r/[^A-Za-z0-9._-]/

or depending on usage, you may want

   re = %r/^\s*[^A-Za-z0-9._-]\s*$/

or something close

cheers.

-a
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