PCRE - Match pound sign

[eluser]richzilla[/eluser]
Hi All,


How would i match a pound sign in a regular expression?

so far ive tried the hex:

Code:

[\xA3]

and the ascii:

Code:

[\163]

however both of these return false for a valid price:

Code:

£125.22

Just for reference, the regex im running it against (in case ive made a mistake here):

Code:

/^[\xA3]?\s?[0-9]+(\.|\,)[0-9]{2}$/