<font face="courier new,monospace">given the sample pattern:<br><br>00.99.88.77.66.55.44.33.22.11<br><br>and I wanted to extract the 'n' amount of number-dot sequences<br>how do I do it?<br><br>I tried something like /^(\d*\.){$n}/<br>
but that only got me the 'nth' number, not everything preceding it also.<br><br>ie if n=7<br><br>I want: </font><font face="courier new,monospace">'00.99.88.77.66.55.44'<br>not just:<br> '.44'<br>
<br></font><font face="courier new,monospace">TIA<br>Fulko<br><br></font>