John Mckown wrote:
> I would almost bet that awk and sed both use the C language's regex > implementation. So I doubt that C (or C++) implements "non greedy" > regexps. Personally, I like "pcre"s: Perl Compatable Regular Expressions. This is an EXCELLENT example why I advised some developers the other day to go with whatever IBM C++ does - in order to avoid getting into (probably unhelpful to them) debates over which flavour of Regexps to support. Martin Packer, Mainframe Performance Consultant, zChampion Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
