Re: regexp question

[Michael Fowler]

On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 08:25:05AM -0700, Martin Weinless wrote:
> take the regexp '.n+..?.?v*.'
> 
> By all that is sacred, if we use the string 'supernova', there should be
> no match since there are too many characters before the 'n'

Nope.  Consider

    supern       ova
        ^^       ^
        .n+.?.?v*.

.?.?v* is all optional, and the regex engine opts out of using those
patterns in order to match the entire string.  Your pattern is also not
anchored, so the match can start anywhere.


Michael
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