regular expression query in PERL

hi all,

I ve been working on regular expressions and thought up of a challenging(i think so) regular expression question in PERL.

I have been wasting quite a lot of time on this now trying to find a solution, but in vain and I am sure someone in this board will def come up with the answer.

the resular expression i am looking for should :

*match if the characters m, e, l, v, i, n appear in a string in the same order even if there are other letters between them and regardless of the case.

If anyone has a solution to this ..pls post a reply..

cheers

Code:

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/m.*e.*l.*v.*i.*n/i

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Like this?

yeah that will work..and that was fast reply

Dint seem that challenging eh...

anyways


Since i am new to Regular expressions, what kind of regular expressions are really challenging

A Regular expression to match a Regular expression is a more difficult exercise