Petko,
> I wasn't clear enough -- yes it matches existing (:FIXME:) but in the
> end nothing happens to it.
>
> Like I said, lookbehind can only look for strings with the same length
> and we cannot look behind for either "(:FIXME:)" 9 characters or "\t" 1
> character in the same lookbehind expression (?<!...).
>
> When it finds existing (:FIXME:) and replaces it with itself, it is a
> way to keep it out of the way when it searches for the other cases.
>
> There are always other ways to do something in RegEx but this one is
> short and works.
Thanks for your explanation. I understand now.
And it is obviously now: The "Exp" in "RegExp" is for "Expert", not for
"Expression". ;-)
Cheers,
Robert
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