> Find [:space:] Try [[:space:]] instead.
The [:space:] shorthand stands for all space-like characters, like tab, space, formfeed and so on. It is hard to write visible spaces, so consider this to understand: [:digit:] stands for the set of characters that are digits, i.e. 0123456789 If you search for [:digit:] you search for "0123456789" and *not* one of 0, 1, ... 9. On the other hand, if you write [[:digit:]] then first [:digit:] gets substituted with 0123456789 and thus you get [0123456789] which is what you want, any of 0, 1, ... 9. The same is true for the space thing. [:space:] will be sustituted with "<space><tab><formfeed><whatever_else_is_considered_whitespace>", that is a sequence of characters that all appear blank. You do not want that, you want any of those, hence you write [[:space:]]. If you want to look for space as such, a single space should be sufficient. If, on the other hand, OOo's pattern search (I'm guessing here) trims your regexp from leading and trailing spaces, you can still use [ ], which defines a set of one character, the space. Regards, Zoltan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
