On Thu, May 8, 2008 10:51, Dick Moores wrote: > <html> > <body> > Could someone tell me what's wrong with this regex?<br><br>
The main thing is that you're forgetting that a RE matches anywhere
in the string.
\b\d+/\d+/\d{2,4}\b matches
4/4/2009
12/12/555
\b\d{1,2}/\d{1,2}\b matches
4/4/2009
4/4/12345
12/12/555
12/12
2/2
2/12
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