Help to 'eregi' with a regular expressions

[Cyberflow]

Hi,

Ive tryed out several ways with regular expressions, but couldnt make the good one ...

Here is piece of my code

[PHP]if(eregi("^(Delete{1})"
."([:space:]{1})"
."([:digit:]{1,6})(.*)",$rs[4], $resb))[/PHP]

So what i want it to do is to check into the variable $rs[4] if it has this :

Delete 171

And usually it always have : Delete "Id number up to 999999"

So what is wrong with this regular expression ? :

^(Delete{1})([:space:]{1})([:digit:]{1,6})(.*)

 

[Cyberflow]

No one can help ?

 

[vozeldr]

For one, put the conditionals outside of the grouping. Second, you dont need to group single characters because, well...they are single characters.

Regex rx = new Regex("^(Delete){1}\s{1}\d{1,6}$");
bool valid = rx.IsMatch("Delete 171");

valid will be true.

If you want it to be valid to have additional data after Delete 171, just remove the $.

 

[Cyberflow]

For one, put the conditionals outside of the grouping. Second, you dont need to group single characters because, well...they are single characters.

Regex rx = new Regex("^(Delete){1}\s{1}\d{1,6}$");
bool valid = rx.IsMatch("Delete 171");

valid will be true.

If you want it to be valid to have additional data after Delete 171, just remove the $.

I am working with php.

Doesnt seem to work, but i dont understand, the pattern is well written ! ...

Its kind of confusing all this.

 

[vozeldr]

There is one of those little pocket guides by Oreily that is dedicated to regular expressions and it has platform specific information for .NET, PHP, JavaScript, etc... Its a pretty good little book to keep in the desk drawer for easy reference. Costs like $9.99 or something.

 

[Cyberflow]

There is one of those little pocket guides by Oreily that is dedicated to regular expressions and it has platform specific information for .NET, PHP, JavaScript, etc... Its a pretty good little book to keep in the desk drawer for easy reference. Costs like $9.99 or something.

Ive printed like for 10 different references documents and tutorials from the net ... I dont think im going to buy it ...

There is one book from Oreillys it is Mastering regular expression 2nd edition it is about 65$ CAD ....

But never heard of the pocket edition.

 

[Derek Stone]

Cyberflow: These are .NET forums, hence the name Xtreme .NET Talk. If youre having problems with PHP you might be best to consult with a more applicable source of information.

 

[Cyberflow]

Cyberflow: These are .NET forums, hence the name Xtreme .NET Talk. If youre having problems with PHP you might be best to consult with a more applicable source of information.

Oh i am sorry, i was searching for a "Forum Regular Expressions" with google, and here seemed to be the biggest one ...

It is very hard to have help with regular expressions.

Anyways ... i understand, sorry.