Re: regex question

Paul wrote:
You could try matching anything that's not a -, + or number in your
first
group, e.g.

([^-+0-9]*)

Note that I'm assuming Ruby uses Perl Compatible Regular Expressions

Cheers,

Paul

But then a message like:
"I'm 3 years old and have 80 points"
wouldn't come out right, correct?

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