RegEx to avoid numbers?

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If it has to be a regexp to match such a string:

  /\A[^\d]*\z/

But if possible, it's usually easier to invert the operator:

  str !~ /\d/

For example, in a validation:

  def validate     thing !~ /\d/ or       errors.add :thing, "cannot contain numbers"   end

HTH.

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Hi --

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D'oh! Thanks for the reminder, David. :slight_smile: