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Re: VPlus Pattern Matching
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Jim Phillips <[log in to unmask]>
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Jim Phillips <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 14 Jan 2000 08:17:36 -0500
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Thanks to Bruce Hobbs for refreshing my aging memory.  The "*" does indeed
match "(repetition--0 or more)".  I need the "+", which matches
"(repetition--1 or more).  Thanks.


Jim Phillips                            Manager of Information Systems
E-Mail: [log in to unmask]     Therm-O-Link, Inc.
Phone: (330) 527-2124                   P. O. Box 285
  Fax: (330) 527-2123                   Garrettsville, Ohio  44231

----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Hobbs <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 12:35 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] VPlus Pattern Matching


> At 12:00 AM -0500 1/14/00, Jim Phillips <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>
> >Should the "d*" pattern match in VPlus match a blank field?
> >
> As I've always understood it, the asterisk repetition character means
"zero or more instances." A blank or empty field does indeed contain zero
digits.
> --
> ======================================================================
> Bruce Hobbs, CDP     856 N Monterey St            Phone:  626-570-8028
> Partner              Alhambra, CA 91801-1574      Cell:   626-278-0273
> Engineered Software  [log in to unmask]  FAX:    626-570-9850

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