Try rephrasing your question to:
How do I join the String "^" to the String referenced by the variable V?
Hint: Something to do with "+".
Scott
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On 2/01/2003 11:39 AM, "Eigen Technology Pty Ltd"
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> Turbine uses Regexp and I have a question on Regexp:
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> A simple usage of Regexp is:
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> RE r2 = new RE("abc");
> boolean matched2 = r2.match("abc_match_it");
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> if I want to use a variable instead:
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> String V = "abc";
> RE r2 = new RE(V);
> boolean matched2 = r2.match("abc_match_it");
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> Now, if I what to match this at the begining of the line with a variable,
> I have a problem. ^ - is used to represent the begining of a line, but how
> do I use it in conjunction with a variable? I tried:
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> RE r2 = new RE(^V);
> RE r2 = new RE("^V");
> RE r2 = new RE("^"V);
> RE r2 = new RE("^""V");
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> Java compiler does not link any of these....It works if I do not use
> variables:
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> String V = "^abc";
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> is OK. Alternativly, I could probably apply a chain rule, but I don't know
> how to do this.
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> Any suggestions?
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