Hello Peter
On 28 September 2000, at 23:08, you wrote
CTc>> My use of regexp has thus far been limited to that used in Gravity. I
CTc>> believe format does vary depending on the platform being used. Are the
CTc>> contents of the book relevant to TB's form of regexp, or is it more of
CTc>> a Perl programers book?
PS> While i don't know this book, i can assure you that TB! regexps are
PS> very close to Perl regexps. The regexp implementation is not from Stef
PS> or Max themselves, but is the third party library PCRE. And PCRE means
PS> Perl Compatible RegExps... The few differences to Perl are documented
PS> in the help file. Unfortunately, with PCRE only matching is possible,
PS> while Perl has the very powerful subsitute operator working with
PS> regexps.
Sounds good enough for me Peter, I'll be off to browse the bookshelves
this weekend.
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have a good day
Charlie (ceejay)
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