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r0xx0rz
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Jan 10, 2005, 9:57 PM

Post #1 of 6 (9704 views)

Testing for duplicate or invalid input	Can't Post

I am trying to check an equation for errors. Specifically, I need to test for duplicate input of operators (+,-,x,/,sqrt,exp) or an operator followed by =. Is it possible to do this using a regex? I have no idea how to begin.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

davorg
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Jan 11, 2005, 5:55 AM

Post #2 of 6 (9701 views)

Re: [r0xx0rz] Testing for duplicate or invalid input [In reply to]	Can't Post

If you can define the valid input then you'd have a good chance of defining a regex to check it.

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kencl
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Jan 12, 2005, 3:47 PM

Post #3 of 6 (9679 views)

Re: [r0xx0rz] Testing for duplicate or invalid input [In reply to]	Can't Post

Code

if ($equation =~ /(\+|-|x|\/|sqrt|exp)  # find an operator 
                  \s*                   # optional space(s) 
                  (\1|=)                # matched operator or = sign 
                 /x) 
{ 
   my ($operator, $duplicate) = ($1, $2); 
   if ($duplicate eq '=') { 
      print qq|Handle operator= error.  Operator is "$operator"|; 
   } else { 
      print qq|Handle duplicate operator error.  Operator is "$operator"|; 
   } 
}

>> If you can't control it, improve it, correlate it or disseminate it with PERL, it doesn't exist!

r0xx0rz
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Jan 13, 2005, 12:47 PM

Post #4 of 6 (9663 views)

Re: [kencl] Testing for duplicate or invalid input [In reply to]	Can't Post

Thanks fot the help.

This is what I ended up using:

$Equation=~/[0-9|\.|$|$]+(\+|\-|\/|x|Sqrt|Exp)(\+|\-|\/|x|Sqrt|Exp|=)/;

It seems to work. Smile

MrPJ
User

Jan 15, 2005, 4:16 PM

Post #5 of 6 (9628 views)

Re: [r0xx0rz] Testing for duplicate or invalid input [In reply to]	Can't Post

The syntax is slightly off in places.

Code

 [0-9|\.|\(|\)]

You don't need pipe delimeters within a character class, nor do you need to escape meta characters (other than []).

So it would be written as...

Code

[0-9.()]

(This post was edited by MrPJ on Jan 15, 2005, 4:17 PM)

r0xx0rz
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Jan 18, 2005, 3:58 PM

Post #6 of 6 (9602 views)

Re: [MrPJ] Testing for duplicate or invalid input [In reply to]	Can't Post

In Reply To

Code

[0-9.()]

That looks alot simpler. When I look at my other one, it looks so complicated, I can't believe I wrote it!

Thanks a bunch! Cool

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