Beginners Doubt.

Hi,

I have a file containing the follwoing line.

$4.96

I wrote the following Regex , but the above mentioned line
was not
returned as a match. Can any kindly explain that?

$[0-9]+(.[0-9][0-9])?

I tried this expression on
1) Textpad on windows and
2) grep in Solaris

Thanks.

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 03:43:24 -0500, seyal <seyal.v.pgmail.com> wrote:

> I wrote the following Regex , but the above mentioned
line was not
> returned as a match. Can any kindly explain that?
>
> $[0-9]+(.[0-9][0-9])?
>
> I tried this expression on
> 1) Textpad on windows and
> 2) grep in Solaris

It . . . really should work.  In the case of Textpad, I'm
not familiar  
with it--does it support regex and if so, is it enabled? 
Never used grep  
on solaris, so I can't say -- but it works fine for me in
editpad pro as  
well as here:
http://warefree.net/?q&f=%5C%24%5B0-9%5D%2B%28%5
C.%5B0-9%5D%5B0-9%5D%29%3F&r=&text=%244.96&i&
;m&p

You could also use
$[0-9]+(.[0-9])?

works fine in .NET; u need to use this syntax (more
concise):

$d+(.d)?

> I wrote the following Regex , but the above mentioned
line was
> not returned as a match. Can any kindly explain that?

Your regex worked just fine in Zeus.

Jussi Jumppanen
Author: Zeus for Windows
http://www.zeusedit.com

Thanks,

I also tried this -    $[0-9]+(.[0-9][0-9])?   (Escape
sequence for
the braces).
Now it worked in Textpad.

But still cant get it to work in grep.

Anyways, thanks for your reply.

Thanks,

I also tried this -    $[0-9]+(.[0-9][0-9])?   (Escape
sequence for
the braces).
Now it worked in Textpad.

But still cant get it to work in grep.

Anyways, thanks for your reply.