Hello, This regular expresion should help you on your way $regex = "/<[A-z_\-]+>?/"; HTH Jarratt On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:03:30 +0600, Chandana Bandara <chandana@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hi , > > using preg_match , how can i match "<", "_" , ">" " - " such special characters in a sentence ??? > > Eg: > > Strings are like this, > > 1.Ahgrwgsgd dfjb yuhh dfh <ABCD AFGHFDc GHJGKJ ------------------ here i want to match <ABCD > > 2.AFRYRGH vhGHJGB <ASD_ASD_DER> GHJGJ kjHGKJGK ---------- here i want to match <ASD_ASD_DER> > > 3.GHHTGH GHJK <BO-CA JKJ JLKL ---------------here i want to match <BO-CA > > what is the most suitable way to match those data ? plz guide me , > > Thanx in advance, > chandana > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php