From: Stefano Crocco <stefano.crocco@...>
Date: 2010-01-11T22:03:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Regex help

On Monday 11 January 2010, Robert Klemme wrote:
> |> You could do this with a regexp which matches the following:
> |> * the beginning of the string
> |> * four characters of type a-f or digits
> |> * a comma
> |> * four characters of type a-f or digits
> |> * the end of the string
> |> 
> |> The regexp is:
> |>  /^[a-f\d]{4},[a-f\d]{4}$/
> |> 
> |> Note that your string can contain newlines, you must replace ^ and $
> |> with \A and \Z respectively.
> |
> |I believe this should rather be \z because \Z allows for a follwing
> |newline.  So that would be
> |
> |/\A[a-f\d]{4},[a-f\d]{4}\z/

You're right.

Stefano