Re: Perl match problem

"Jürgen Exner" <jurgenex@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> (untested, just to give you an idea):
>
> if (/RD(\d*)/) and $1 >= -25 and $1 <= 25) ....

Uhm, since you expect at least one digit, at most 2, and there could be a
minus sign:

/RD(-?\d\d?)/

or

/RD(-?\d{1,2})/


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