Sorry for the duplicate Jim. I meant to reply all on the original. On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Chris Stinemetz <chrisstinem...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > >> I don't think I could improve on the extended regex with comments posted >> by >> Shawn H. Corey. His regex is the same as mine, with the addition of a >> couple >> of '\b' assertions for matching word bounaries. Did you see that post? >> >> Each element of the regex must match some portion or condition in the >> string >> you are trying to match. The extended regular expression syntax like the >> one >> Shawn posted allows you to separate the elements with whitespace, making >> it >> easy to see the elements. >> >> >> >> > > Sorry I just now read Shawn's response. You are right it explains it in great detail and I know have a better understanding. Thanks Uri and everyone else for directing me where I can find good documentation on regex. Much appreciated, Chris
