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Urgent! regular expression test!

Hi,

How can i test whether a string starts with an "_" or "-".
let me know the earliest possible

Jul 23 '05 #1
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learner wrote:

How can i test whether a string starts with an "_" or "-".


/^[_\-]/.test(string)

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Martin Honnen
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Jul 23 '05 #2

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