Re: Regular Expression Help

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In article <k4tkan$ea$1@dont-email.me>, Scott Johnson
<noonehome@chalupasworld.com> 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 (*))

> The pattern base name is pulled from a DB so I need to find a way to
> do this pragmatically.

> Now some of the names have a forward slash / so I am using hash mark #
> as a delimiter.

> I was able to find the "Name/11" using

> #^Name/11#

> or more specifically;

> $value = "Name/11"; $pattern = "#^" . $value . "#";

> But as for the (*), no glory. I originally tried

> #^Name/11?*# #^Name/11\*# #^Name/11.*#

> It must be obvious I am having issues finding a way to escape the (*)
> and am not very versed with regex.

[url] http://www.regular-expressions.info/characters.html [/url]

 \* 

[url] http://www.regular-expressions.info/charclass.html [/url]

[*]

> Can someone please explain the best way to escape an optional (*) from
> a string. Or even point me to a good source.

#Name/11(?:[*])?#

[url] http://www.regular-expressions.info/brackets.html [/url]

[snip]



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BootNic                                                Mon Oct 8, 2012 01:39 pm
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  *Michelangelo*

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  Re: Regular Expression Help BootNic <bootnic.bounce@gmail.com> - 2012-10-08 13:39 -0400
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