On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, David W. Tamkin wrote:
| Since .*ed would match a *lot* of words,
| I was thinking of using \<ed\>.
| Would the latter way work?
Yes.
Thanks! Just wanted to make sure!
| b) If I scan the body, the "varible" line, like any other "variable" line,
| starts with an asterisc *. Can I do the following:
| * .*(goofy|micky) or will the .* right after * cause confusion?
You mean it starts with a literal asterisk that you want to find in the
text? OK ...
No, I meant .* to signall to find it in any context.
.* means "any string without a newline, possibly a null string."
That's what I want to use.
Thanks a lot for your input!
--
CU, Niko
*Draft beer, not people*
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