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v0dka
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Oct 1, 2002, 7:46 AM

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I need to be a bit of a cheeky badger!

My program will take 2 types of user names. These will be in the format of 2 letters and 2 digits e.g zx12, OR 2 letters and 3 digits eg. as123. I need my program to distinguish between the 2.

if ($username =~ 2 letters and 2 digits) {

do this

}else if ($username =~ 2 letters and 3 digits) {

do this

}

Any help will be much appreciated cheers!!

Paul
Enthusiast

Oct 1, 2002, 8:41 AM

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Re: [v0dka] how 2 distinquish. [In reply to]	Can't Post

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if ($username =~ /^[a-z]{2}\d{2,3}$/i) {

uri
Thaumaturge

Oct 1, 2002, 11:19 PM

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if ($username =~ /^[a-z]{2}\d{2,3}$/i) {

that doesn't do what the OP asked. it matches either name format but he wanted to distinguish between a 2 or 3 digit ending part. that should be an easy change for you to make so i won't do it myself.

uri

Bode
Novice

Oct 2, 2002, 3:33 AM

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Cheers people!

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