regex compare two numbers
can i somehow compare two numbers in regex? i want regex that is correct for 10-12, but incorrect for 12-10. I mean that 10 must be smaller than 12. I want to do it in Javascript. If the input is always of the form X-Y, then why not use the split() function with '-' as the delimiter and then compare the two parts with > You can't compare numerical values using RegExps. I wouldn't use regex for this. I'd split the string on the operator, then compare the two resulting numbers based on what operator I found (I'm assuming 10+12 and 12+10 would both be legal). The problem here is that you're