From: Sebastian Hungerecker Date: 2007-10-04T02:52:34+09:00 Subject: Re: Regular expression help needed Peter Vanderhaden wrote: > I'm trying to write a regular expression for a ruby program. What it > needs to match is: > > 0,,\a where 0 is any digit, then 2 commas, a backslash, then any > letter. > ... > I've tried > > if $inrec =~ /[[:digit:]],,\\[[:alpha:]]/ > ... > but neither works. Works here. >> puts "Works!" if '0,,\a' =~ /[[:digit:]],,\\[[:alpha:]]/ Works! -- NP: My Dying Bride - Two Winters Only Jabber: sepp2k@jabber.org ICQ: 205544826