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Well, no ... $i =~ /[0|5|8|15|20]/;matches one character which is either 0, 1, 2, 5, 8 or |. And only if you correct the typo ;-)

What you can do is use parenthesis like this $i =~ /^(0|5|8|15|20)$/; but make sure you have the start and end of string assertions, otherwise you will match much more numbers.

Apart from that I think a hash would be a better solution as already mentioned elsewhere.

-- Hofmator

In reply to Re: Re: Reg Expression Question by Hofmator
in thread Reg Expression Question by Kevman

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