On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 19:41:49 +0000, Farley, Peter wrote:
>For the ISPF case, I think the document writers think that they have covered
>everything about the accepted regular expression syntax by stating up front on
>that page:
>
>“ISPF uses the IBM® C regcomp() — Compile regular expression and regexec() —
>Execute compiled regular expression functions to compile and execute a regular
>expression . . .”
>
If the list of syntactic rules is incomplete, they should be clearly
characterized as examples.
Also:
A regular expression in a FIND, CHANGE, or EXCLUDE command allows
you to search for a string matching a basic or extended regular expression.
"basic or extended" -- it fails to indicate how the user can indicate whether
a basic or extended regular expression is intended.
>From: Paul Gilmartin
>Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2024 10:47 AM
>
>Are these omissions intentional?
--
gil
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