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Re: Regular Expression Help [message #179340 is a reply to message #179335]

Mon, 08 October 2012 12:59

Denis McMahon
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On Sun, 07 Oct 2012 21:20:21 -0700, Scott Johnson wrote:

> I have two possible values I need to match as the same.
>
> Name/11 (This one is pulled from the source DB)
> Name/11* (This is what I need to match to with or without the (*))

Hold on a cotton picking moment.

Why are you even trying to use regexp for this? Just because regex can
compare strings does not mean all string compares must be done with regex.

Could you not use a string compare?

if ( strncmp( $something_from_db, $something_to_match_against, $n ) === 0
) {
// strings match for first $n characters!
}

Rgds

Denis McMahon

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		Regular Expression Help By: Scott Johnson on Mon, 08 October 2012 04:20
		Re: Regular Expression Help By: Captain Paralytic on Mon, 08 October 2012 10:03
		Re: Regular Expression Help By: Denis McMahon on Mon, 08 October 2012 12:49
		Re: Regular Expression Help By: Denis McMahon on Mon, 08 October 2012 12:59
		Re: Regular Expression Help By: BootNic on Mon, 08 October 2012 17:39
		Re: Regular Expression Help By: alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX on Tue, 09 October 2012 10:29
		Re: Regular Expression Help By: Scott Johnson on Wed, 10 October 2012 10:38

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