Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits

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On 15/03/2017 04:55, JJ wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Mar 2017 14:39:22 +1100, Andrew Poulos wrote:
>> I have this string
>>    dd:dd:dd,ddd
>> where the d's are digits and I'm using this to match it
>>    match(/^[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9],[0-9][0-9][0-9]/);
>>
>> Now I find that after the comma there may be from 0 to 3 digits.
>>
>> How can I modify the expression to handle that?
>>
>> Andrew Poulos
>
>   /^[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9],[0-9]{0,3}/
>
> You can short it to:
>
>   /^[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2},[0-9]{0,3}/

or to:

/^[\d]{2}:[\d]{2}:[\d]{2},[\d]{0,3}/

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regexp 0 - 3 digits Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2017-03-15 14:39 +1100
  Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2017-03-15 10:55 +0700
    Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2017-03-15 06:42 +0100
      Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-03-15 09:19 +0100
        Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2017-03-15 09:29 +0100
          Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2017-03-15 03:01 -0700
          Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2017-03-15 05:39 -0700
        Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2017-03-15 05:20 -0700
          Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2017-03-15 05:43 -0700
            Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2017-03-15 05:48 -0700
              Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2017-03-15 06:28 -0700
                Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2017-03-15 06:43 -0700
                Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2017-03-15 14:06 +0000
                Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2017-03-15 07:56 -0700
                Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2017-03-15 16:05 +0000
                Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2017-03-15 21:12 -0700
                Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2017-03-16 11:04 +0000
                Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2017-03-15 08:12 -0700
  Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2017-03-15 05:45 -0700
  Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits Dr J R Stockton <J.R.Stockton@physics.org> - 2017-03-15 11:54 -0700
    Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits Dr J R Stockton <reply1700@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2017-04-03 19:59 +0100
      Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-04-04 09:38 +0200
        Re: regexp 0 - 3 digits Dr J R Stockton <J.R.Stockton@physics.org> - 2017-04-04 06:20 -0700

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