From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2005-08-07T12:36:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Regexp Help for  \W less [.-_]

Hi --

On Sun, 7 Aug 2005, Ara.T.Howard wrote:

> 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

You get all that A-Za-z0-9_ stuff for the price of admission with \w
:-)


David

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David A. Black
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