[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

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