Validator mask boundary matchers don't work

[Leonard Sitongia]

I'm using Struts 1.1.  I have an html:text input field.

I'm trying to constrain the input field to be two strings separated by 
a space.

I have tried

            <var-value>\w\s\w</var-value>

but that allows two *or more* strings separated by spaces, such as "xxx 
yyy zzz".

I have tried using the boundary matchers, as in

            <var-value>^\w\s\w$</var-value>

Then no input works.  I thought I read that ^ and $ are required in 
1.1, but I can't get it to work with them.
It's not then expecting literal ^ and $, but I don't know what it's 
doing.

TIA.
==Leonard E. Sitongia
  VETS / Scientific Computing Division
  National Center for Atmospheric Research
  P.O. Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307  USA
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    voice: (303)497-2454   fax: (303)497-1829
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