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[RESOLVED] exact match using preg_match

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Jan 26.2009

when I use this code, I get more then I am asking for…

[code=php]
$line = “(Q1) Some Data”;

if(preg_match(“(Q1)”,$line)) $Q1[] = $line;
[/code]

when I var_dump the Q1 array preg_match has added (Q10)… (Q11)… (Q13) and so on to the array.

What I want added is lines with an EXACT match to (Q1). What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

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@NogDogJan 26.2009 — Parentheses are special characters in regexps, so they need to be escaped when you want literal paren characters. Also, in this case they are being used as regexp delimiters since you did not use something else.
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</i>'/(Q1)/'
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@robertketterauthorJan 26.2009 — thanks so much... in the future I will try to do better when it comes to delimiters.
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