[softwarelist] Re: OPro: searching for a style
- From: Jim Nagel <opro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:08:51 GMT
Anthony Hilton wrote on 24 Mar:
> It seems the wildcard \* is generally 'lazy' - that is it matches the
> shortest possible ammount. For example \.\*\. 'any character, any
> string, any character' matches 2 characters. If it was 'greedy' it
> would match as long a string as possible within the constraints, in
> this case would find the whole block in the requested Style.
which sounds like it would be exactly what i want.
what possible use is there in \* finding a zero-length nothing?
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Jim Nagel www.archivemag.co.uk
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