Re: just looking for some opinions...

* Thus wrote Dan Joseph (djoseph@duhq.us): > Hi, > > > > Let's say I have a number: 12800001924 > > > > > > The rules call for removing "1280+", meaning remove 128 and all 0's > > > that > > > come after it, until you run into another number. > > > > > > In the end, it would leave 1924, and everything else on the beginning > > would > > > be gone. > > > > $new_number = preg_replace('/^1280+/','',$number); > > Now, since I'm only about 25% up to par with RegEx, can anyone point me to > a good site that explains them? I've got a couple more things to do on the > number processing, but I don't want to sit here all day and keep posting > them as I come along, so I'm want to RTM... you probably have 3 other emails in your INBOX telling you this, but I wouldn't know cause they arn't posting to the list.... anyway so everyone knows... PHP has put together some nice documentation on this: http://us4.php.net/manual/en/pcre.pattern.modifiers.php http://us4.php.net/manual/en/pcre.pattern.syntax.php Curt -- "I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure."