It will match the same text, but it will not grab the same data into $1, $2, and $3. The first one will assign each of these vars while the second will only assign $1 with the last (\s+\d+).
Rob -----Original Message----- From: Srinivas Reddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 11:38 AM To: Hanson, Robert; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: pattern match Hi Here i have two pattern match statements can some one tell me whether the two are same or not. match_pattern = {",\s*",fld,"(\s+\d+)(\s+\d+)(\s+\d+)\s*,"}; changed to the following match_pattern = {",\s*",fld,"(\s+\d+){3}\s*,"}; is it same or different i think they are not same... thanks srini __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
