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borked · 09-15-2009, 08:41 AM

well, the simplest is to optionally allow each component:

(http:\/\/)?(www\.)?(youtube\.com)?(\/)?(watch\?)?(v=)?([a-zA-Z0-9]{11})

but then this means that any optional component can be left out eg:
http://v=L1BDM1oBRJ8

is valid.

09-15-2009, 08:41 AM
borked Totally Borked Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,284	well, the simplest is to optionally allow each component: (http:\/\/)?(www\.)?(youtube\.com)?(\/)?(watch\?)?(v=)?([a-zA-Z0-9]{11}) but then this means that any optional component can be left out eg: http://v=L1BDM1oBRJ8 is valid. __________________ For coding work - hit me up on andy // borkedcoder // com (consider figuring out the email as test #1) All models are wrong, but some are useful. George E.P. Box. p202