Hi Felix, the normal escape character is the backslash \. See also http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html
Gerd > Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 10:33:25 +0200 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [mkgmap-dev] How can I test if "(" or ")" is part of name > > I have a problem that I cannot escape brackets when trying to find out > if they are part of the name... > > name ~ '.*(' { } > is not working of course. However ^ is not able to escape a bracket... > name ~ '.*^(' { } > > > Is there any way to find out if there is a () in a name? > (the reason for this is that I want to know in Japan if the name is only > in Japanese, or in Japanese (English). > > -- > keep on biking and discovering new trails > > Felix > openmtbmap.org & www.velomap.org > > _______________________________________________ > mkgmap-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev
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