Re: [MacPerl] matching a $

[Ronald J Kimball <rjk@linguist.dartmouth.edu>]

On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 10:01:13PM -0700, gene.ray@excite.com wrote:
> Hello all!
> 
> I have been banging my head for a while on this and I have to ask for help.
> I am trying to limit two form text fields to only letters and to return the
> appropriate response. If I enter a number in either box I get a "thank you"
> and I shouldn't. If someone has a moment I would really appreciate an
> explination to what I'm doing wrong. 
> 
> thanks,
> gene
> 
> if ( ($fname=~/(\D\S)*/)  &&
>      ($lname=~/(\D\S)*/)  ) {
> 

Only letters, zero length allowed, either of:

/^[a-zA-Z]*(?!\n)$/
not /[^a-zA-Z]/

Only letters, zero length not allowed, either of:

/^[a-z[A-Z]+(?!\n)$/
length and not /[^a-zA-Z]/

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