-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sijo Kg wrote: > Hi > Thanks for the reply..And I tried in the rails project like > > validates_format_of :name, :with => /((?>\w+\s*(?=,))+)/ > > And what I expect is if name has a comma anywhere validation > fails .Could you please tel how to get that? > > Sijo This is how I tested it: #! /opt/csw/bin/ruby string = "Hello world" regexp = /(?>\w+\s*(?=,))+/ if string =~ regexp puts "string contains a comma (validation failed)" else puts "string does not contain a comma (validated)" end p string =~ regexp Hope that helps - -- Freundliche Grテシテ歹 / Kind regards Axel Schmalowsky Platform Engineer ___________________________________ domainfactory GmbH Oskar-Messter-Str. 33 85737 Ismaning Germany Mobil: +49 (0)176 / 10246727 Telefon: +49 (0)89 / 55266-356 Telefax: +49 (0)89 / 55266-222 E-Mail: aschmalowsky / df.eu Internet: www.df.eu Registergericht: Amtsgericht M端nchen HRB-Nummer 150294, Gesch辰ftsf端hrer: Tobia Sara Marburg, Jochen Tuchbreiter -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpcRnIACgkQsuqpduCyZM2aoQCgxreJYu9uST9u884FVvi6WIAS EnYAni1qT+62Ltw4iPoUyXcB2qGIsHAh =JTm5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----