[Q] Regex Woes

From: Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 21:29:45 +0000
Subject: [Q] Regex Woes
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All, This should be dirt simple -- So simple, in fact, that I'm somewhat embarassed to make this post, but, oh well.... I need to find all lines that begin with the string 'WAZ' after reading from a url (http://www.atmos.washington.edu/data/zone_report.KSEW.html). While I've tried every combination of expressions under the sun (using the functions preg_match(), ereg()), I can not figure out a correct regexp for this task. I trim each line before submitting to preg_match() or ereg(). I also strip out the tags except for <p> and <br>. Would some kind sould show me the correct regexp? By the way, one of the simplest expressions, to follow the suggestion in the PHP Manual, is just '/WAZ/' or '/^WAZ/'. The former doesn't match "WAZ" anywhere in the string, and the latter doesn't find a match when "WAZ" is at the beginning of the string. Cheers, Michael

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