Pls, help me with re

[Erik Max Francis]

Lexy Zhitenev wrote:

> I want to match a number if it is the only one in the string, and the
> second
> one, if '=' preceeds it.
> 
> Example
> 
> 'Course: 23,95' - matches '23,95'
> '$1 = 23,95 y' - matches '23,95'.

Why not a regular expression simply like [including both commas and
periods]:

	=.*([0-9,.]+)

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