[EMAIL PROTECTED] sez: >What's a named subpattern, though? I've not heard of these before. >Also a bit puzzled about those angle brackets...
A named subpattern is one of the form: (?P<name>...) where "name" is any simple alphanumeric string you wish, and "..." is any expression usually permissible in a subpattern. Once you've included such a subpattern you can refer to it again in the search pattern as follows: (?P=name) Regards, Patrick Woolsey / Director of Technical Services == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <http://www.barebones.com> P.O. Box 1048, Bedford, MA 01730-1048 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Have a feature request? Not sure the software's working correctly? If so, please send mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not to the list. List FAQ: <http://www.barebones.com/support/lists/bbedit_talk.shtml> List archives: <http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditTalk.lasso> To unsubscribe, send mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
