On Thu, May 8, 2008 12:40, Dick Moores wrote: > At 11:46 AM 5/8/2008, Steve Willoughby wrote: >>Be aware that \d{2,4} matches 2, 3 or 4 digits, which may be >>different than what you're looking for, since 1/12/234 would >>match > > Yes, I wanted to permit that. In my script, mxDateTime turns 1/12/234 > into 01/12/0234. So if a user wants to enter it, I'll let him. > > But here's a chance to ask: What regex would match 2-digit strings > and 4-digit strings only?
^\d\d(\d\d)?$ > And another: What regex matches the "" string? ^$ _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor