[dokuwiki] Re: back references in syntax plugin regex?
- From: Elan Ruusamäe <glen@xxxxxxxx>
- To: dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 14:03:55 +0300
On Sunday 02 May 2010 20:34:16 Simon Elliot wrote:
> Just a simple question for the experts out there: is it possible to use
> back references in a syntax plugin regex pattern? I'm trying to look
> for words with tripled letters at the beginning, i.e. the first 3
> characters are the same, e.g. aaa bbb ccc, etc... I'm using the
> following regex, but it is not being recognised by the lexer:
>
> "\w\1\1\w+"
well, you seem to be beeding just \w{3} here (\w repeated 3 times)
> Am I doing something wrong or is it just not possible?
>
> Many thanks for your help,
>
> Simon
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