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Re: Syntax for trim charlist? [message #171941 is a reply to message #171939] Sat, 22 January 2011 02:16 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Denis McMahon is currently offline  Denis McMahon
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On 22/01/11 01:52, GarryJones wrote:
>> $source = preg_replace("/[#*]+/g","",$source);
>> // $source is replaced with filtered $source
>
> I can't get this example to work.
>
> $source = "garry *** ";
> $source = preg_replace("/[#*]+/g","",$source);
>
> print $source;
>
> ....returns an empty string

Oops, doesn't need the g modifier.

Try:

$source = preg_replace("/[#*]+/","",$source);

> record 1 "Garry ### "
> record 2 "John * "
> record 3 "Anna ********"
> record 4 "Fred **#*###**"

<?php
$recs = array("Garry ### ","John * ","Anna ********","Fred **#*###**");
foreach ($recs as $str) print trim($str, " \t\n\r\0\x0B*#") . "\n";
?>

Garry
John
Anna
Fred

Rgds

Denis McMahon
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