When text or letters are input the regex generates an error msg,
Disallowing is a form of validation. And your regexp doesn't disallow what you claim it disallows. If there's a digit anywhere in the string, it doesn't generate an error message.
foreach (
'416-967-1111',
'I had 2 glasses of orange juice with my breakfast',
'I had two glasses of orange juice with my breakfast',
) {
unless (/\s*\(*\)*\.*\d+\-*\s*/) {
print("error message\n");
} else {
print("no error message\n");
}
}
outputs
no error message
no error message
error message
rather than the desired
no error message
error message
error message
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