regular expressions (maybe) :-)
| From: | Jeff Lacy | Date: | Fri, 03 Nov 2000 23:43:07 +0000 |
| Subject: | regular expressions (maybe) :-) | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Hello world,
I need to know how many 'stole[number goes here]'s are in a string. I have no idea how to
do this, but I suspect it might involve regular expressions. Regular expressions make my head spin.
I don't even know if I am on the right track. If you would please help me by telling me what
I could use, I would be very grateful. An example of a string I might have would be
$string = "stole1 & stole2 & stole3 & stole4 & stoled1";
What ever happens, somehow, I would like to end up with 4 because I am only looking for stole and a
number. stoled and a number should be different.
Thank you very much. I appreciate it a lot.
Jeff