Re: [FWP] number ranges

[Jeff Pinyan <jeffp@crusoe.net>]

On May 14, Andy Bach said:

>I've a test that gives back all the case mgrs and their number 
>ranges, but it looks like:
>andy: [01234]5
>tina: [56789]5
>
>I'd like to have the [x-x] ranges back in the output, which I can do 
>brute force-ish, but I have this nagging sense that there is a clever way 
>to do it.  Any guesses?

Are you asking "how can I turn a given set of numbers into a character
class to match them?"

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