A possibly useful tip (for those who hate back-slashes): Instead of
backslash-escaping a space in a ?:x regex, you can also use "[ ]" (i.e., a
single-character character class containing just a space. Personally, I find it
easier to read.
Also, when I find myself putting a space character in a pattern, I usually stop
and ask myself, "Would a \s make more sense (or just as much sense) here?
Regards,
Neil Faiman
> On Jan 1, 2021, at 12:17 PM, Joe Strout <j...@luminaryapps.com
> <mailto:j...@luminaryapps.com>> wrote:
>
> I had the (?x: quantifier around the whole expression (telling PCRE to
> ignore inline comments and "most whitespace"), but was attempting to match an
> arbitrary amount of spaces with (?: *). The fix was to backslash-escape any
> spaces in my pattern that I really meant to be there.
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