-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sebastian Hungerecker wrote: > Am Dienstag 14 Juli 2009 12:01:23 schrieb Axel Schmalowsky: >> Trying the regexp /^[^,]*$/ fails with the code below: >> [...] >> Am I missing sth? > > Your code expects the regex to match if the string contains a comma and not > match if the string does not contains a comma. That's the opposite of what > Justin's regex does and also the opposite of what the Sijo asked for. > Also if the goal had been to have the regex match if there is a comma /,/ > would have sufficed as a regex. > Also note that with your regexp your code outputs "string does not contain a > comma" for the string ",". > > HTH, > Sebastian > Well, negative logic .. ;-) This regexp matches correctly if the string consists only of a comma: /(?>(?:\w+\s*)*(?=,))+/ - -- 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 iEYEARECAAYFAkpcYm8ACgkQsuqpduCyZM1itQCfZDT+img/utF3v72MxZFIcNTO gTMAn3mf1/4dIyQdqv5XQz16jyD1j3Sr =rY8S -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----