Thanks TT,
I will use these comments on next update of tw-regexp
Cheers
Mohammad
On Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 10:58:12 AM UTC+4:30, @TiddlyTweeter wrote:
>
> A very good resource Mohammad! Of great long-term value. I hope it gets
> used!
>
> I'd ask Jeremy to link to it from docs!
>
> One comment ...
>
> - It should be mentioned that * should not be used instead + as the
> latter needs to have at least one character so does not matches empty
> string while * matches empty string as it indicates zero or more
> symbols.
>
> This is not quite right. * has as much utility as +. Its just that it can
> match the "empty string". But often that is what you want to happen.
> If you use "+" always it can block the rest of a match. So it depends on
> the match context which one you use.
>
> The "qualifiers" have a range of effects ...
>
> ** *= match 0 or more times, as many times as possible ("greedy")
> **? *= match 0 or more times, as few times as possible ("lazy")
> *+* = match 1 or more times, as many times as possible ("greedy")
> *+?* = match 1 or more times, as few times as possible ("lazy")
> *? *= match 0 or one time
> *{5}* = match exactly 5 times
> *{5,9}* = match 5 to 9 times
>
>
> TT
>
> On Monday, 26 August 2019 20:50:20 UTC+2, Mohammad wrote:
>>
>> *Announcement: RegExp in Tiddlywiki*
>> *Date: Aug 26, 2019*
>> *Status: In progress*
>>
>> *Updated to Release 0.6*
>>
>>
>> - *0.6 - Aug 26, 2019*
>>
>>
>> 1. Experimentation <http://tw-regexp.tiddlyspot.com/#Experimentation>
>> tiddler
>> was added to let freely play with regexp patterns
>> 2. Documentation improved
>> 3. Some patterns were improved.
>>
>>
>> See new update:
>>
>> http://tw-regexp.tiddlyspot.com/
>>
>> --Mohammad
>>
>
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