On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 11:31:07AM +0530, V Kamakhya wrote:
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> Hi,
> In a c file, I defined:
> #define [^{]+[' ']+XYZ
try
#define ^[^{]+[' ']+XYZ
basically because you aren't matching from the start of the line
in the examples below with the problems it's inoring the first few { and
matches fine after them.
ie a regex can match anywhere in a lineunless you specify to start
matching from the start of the line.
> The idea is to prevent occurence of '{' before XYZ
> and used REG_EXTENDED in regcomp
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> I got the following output for valid and invalid patterns
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> a{ XYZ - Invalid
> a{{ XYZ - Invalid
> {a{ XYZ - Invalid
> a{a XYZ - Valid -- how did this happen?
> a{a{ XYZ - Invalid.
> {a XYZ - Valid - how did this happen?
> {aa XYZ - Valid - How did this happen?
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> I am thoroughly confused. Help!
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> Kam
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