In a message dated 2/5/09 4:08:48 PM, [email protected] writes:
> > Read it as "one 'Z' followed by zero or more 'A' followed by one 'B'". > Thus the Z and B are required with any number of A in between > (including zero). So it would match: > > ZB > ZAB > ZAAB > ZAAAB > > And so on. > > In short, a single letter matches just that - a single letter. The * > and + operators change the meaning to "zero or more" and "one or more" > respectively. If you want the operator to apply to an entire > expression, you need to group the expression in parentheses (or > brackets, but that has another meaning). > > I think you may have a typo in your question, since both of your > examples have the same expression - but hopefully that helps. > Thanks, I see it now, What threw me was the word "pattern" which made me think of the "Z", the "A", or the "ZA". I see now it is only the single preceding char (or pattern), and the "Z" is just there for reference. And yes, I should have had a "+" in the second example. Obvious. Craig Newman ************** Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1217883258x1201191827/aol?redir=http://ad. doubleclick.net/clk;211531132;33070124;e) _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
